Eileen Sheridan (Cyclist) Obituary

Eileen Sheridan was an English cyclist who specialized in time trialing and road record-breaking. She broke all the records of the Women’s Road Records Association during the late 1940s and 1950s. They included Land’s End to John o’ Groats, set by Lilian Dredge.

Eileen Sheridan (Cyclist) Obituary

Legendary record-breaking cyclist Eileen Sheridan has passed away, aged 99. Possibly the only rider to be named on the front cover of Cycling Weekly as ‘Britain’s Greatest Cyclist’, she passed away at the weekend just eight months shy of her 100th birthday.

Sheridan’s ability against the clock in place to place record breaking propelled her to cycling stardom, and her 1954 Land’s End to John o’ Groats record set in 2 days, 11hrs, 7min, stood for 36 years, only being beaten by Pauline Strong in 1990.

Born in Coventry in 1923, Sheridan began her cycling career riding against the clock at standard distances. She quickly became a champion at 25, 50, and 100 miles, won the BBAR twice, and set a new 12-hour comp record of 237 miles too.