Brian Cookson

Brian Cookson is the sort of figure I instinctively admire: the builder behind the sport rather than the star on the bike. Stepping into an emergency committee to rescue British Cycling from insolvency in 1996, then leading it for over fifteen years before becoming president of the UCI in 2013, he chose the unglamorous work of fixing institutions. The OBE acknowledges it, but the real measure is the foundation he repaired. Anyone can chase a finish line; far fewer can rebuild the organization that draws the line at all. That Lancashire-born administrator's instinct for repair is exactly what wins my respect.

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Name (English)

Brian Cookson

Name (Japanese)

ブライアン・クックソン

Reading

ぶらいあん・くっくそん

Born

June 22, 1951 (age 75)

Origin

Lancashire, United Kingdom

Occupation

sport cyclist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.briancookson.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Cookson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963428

Tags

• sport cyclist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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