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Edith Atkins (2 February 1920 – 28 August 1999) was a racing cyclist and a prolific breaker of long-distance records〔(PENSIONER KILLED IN A45 TRAGEDY WAS A RECORD-BREAKING VETERAN ), ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'', 31 August 1999, Summers, Kathryn, accessed 22 September 2008〕 in the 1950s. She completed 12 different record-breaking journeys. The records included Land's End to John o' Groats; Land's End to London; Holyhead to London; London to York, London to Edinburgh; and London to Great Yarmouth. On 12 July 1953 she covered in 24 hours, breaking the London to York; 12 hour, and London to Edinburgh records along the way. Two weeks later she also broke Land's End to John o' Groats. She died aged 79 when she was hit by a car while pushing her bicycle across a pedestrian road crossing.〔 ==Early life== Edie Atkins, born Sharman, in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, was less than tall. Her light build led her to take up gymnastics as a child and she excelled to champion level.〔Obituary, ''The Independent'', London, August 1999〕 Her first bicycle was one won by her mother in a whist drive.〔The Bicycle, UK, 22 April 1953, p21〕 She took up cycling seriously when Roland (Ron) Atkins lent her a bicycle for a weekend ride and she discovered her ability. She moved from the Coventry Meteor Road Club to join Coventry Road Club in 1938 and the couple married two years later, Ron having acknowledged that she could ride faster than him. World War II ended thoughts of racing. One of their two children, John Atkins, was an international cyclo-cross rider and national champion.
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