Janice Burton

Janice Burton
MBE

Personal information
Born	11 April 1958
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Medal record Paralympic Games[1] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Women's 50 m Breaststroke B1 1988 Seoul Women's 50 m Freestyle B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 100 m Backstroke B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 200 m Medley B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 50 m Freestyle B1 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Women's 100 m Backstroke B1 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Women's 400 m Individual Medley B1 1988 Seoul Women's 100 m Backstroke B1 1988 Seoul Women's 200 m Individual Medley B1 1988 Seoul Women's 400 m Freestyle B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 100 m Butterfly B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 100 m Freestyle B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 400 m Freestyle B1 1992 Barcelona Women's 4x100 m Freestyle B1-3 1996 Atlanta Women's 4x100 m Freestyle B1-3 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Women's 100 m Freestyle B1 1988 Seoul Women's 100 m Butterfly B1 1988 Seoul Women's 100 m Freestyle B1 1996 Atlanta Women's 100 m Butterfly B1 1996 Atlanta Women's 50 m Freestyle B1

Janice Burton MBE (born 11 April 1958) is a retired British Paralympic swimmer. Burton competed in B1 events having completely lost sight in both of her eyes. She won a total of 23^a Paralympic medals during a career that spanned four Games.^[2]

Burton competed in both individual and relay races. In the individual events she won five gold medals with three coming in the 1992 Games in Barcelona.^[1] As well as achieving Paralympic success she also triumphed in European and World competitions, being crowned champion a total of 15 times.^[2]

Burton was awarded an MBE in the 1999 New Year Honours list.^[3] Since retiring from competitive swimming she has taken up public speaking and skiing. She has also taken part in the display events at the Horse of the Year Show.^[2]

Notes

^a The British Paralympic Association states that Burton has won 23 medals but the Official Paralympic results service only lists 20 results. This is possibly due to Burton's participation in relay races where the competitors' names are not listed in the database. Addendum 1984 USA there are in addition to those listed a further 2 Bronze Medals hanging on our wall. 1988 Seoul there are in addition to those listed a further 1 Bronze medal hanging on our wall.

References

1. "Athlete Search Results". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
2. "Janice Burton MBE". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
3. "New glory for sport stars". BBC News. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 6 August 2013.