Sylvia Burka

Sylvia Burka, 1977

Sylvia Burka (born May 4, 1954 in Winnipeg ) is a former Canadian cyclist and speed skater of Latvian origin.

Speed skating

In 1973, Sylvia Burka was Junior World Champion in speed skating mini four-way in Assen . At the all-round world championships in Gjøvik in 1979 she won the world title and the following year in Alkmaar in the sprint. She also won bronze twice at World Championships. She set world records twice and track records numerous times . Sylvia Burka competed three times in speed skating at the Winter Olympics : 1972 , 1976 and 1980 . Her best placement was a fourth place over 1000 meters at the 1976 Games in Innsbruck .

Cycling

Burka was also successful as a cyclist: she was Canadian road racing champion three times, in 1977, 1978 and 1980; 1979 in the individual time trial . In 1978 and 1979 she was Canadian time trial and sprint champions on the track . In total, she won twelve national titles in various cycling disciplines.

Honors

In 1977 Sylvia Burka was honored with an induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame . In 1983 she was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame . She was voted Manitoba's “Sportswoman of the Year” six times and “Sportswoman of the Century” in 2000.

Private

Until the mid-1980s, Sylvia Burka was married to racing cyclist Jocelyn Lovell .

Individual evidence

↑ Latvia readies for Winter Olympics; record contingent heads to Canada ( Memento of December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 31, 2012 (English)

↑ canadian-cycling.com ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 237 kB) @1@ 2

Web links

Sylvia Burka in the Radsportseiten.net database

Sylvia Burka in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Sylvia Burka on speedskatingnews.info

Sylvia Burka ( Memento from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Sylvia Burka ( Memento from January 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Burqa, Sylvia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian cyclist and speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH	May 4th 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winnipeg

[1] Latvia readies for Winter Olympics; record contingent heads to Canada ( Memento of December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 31, 2012 (English)