Maurice Burton (born 25 October 1955)[2][3] is an English cycle shop owner and former racing cyclist from Catford, London.
Born in London to an English mother and a Jamaican father, Maurice Burton was the first black British champion in cycling.
He won the amateur scratch title the following year,[4] raced over a 20 km distance although he was booed as he crossed the line.
[5] Burton became frustrated by the racism pervasive in Britain at the time, he moved to Belgium in 1977, basing himself in Ghent.
[7] His son Germain Burton is also a racing cyclist who has represented Great Britain on an international level as a junior.