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My Take
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.
Overview
Michael Brian Cookson OBE (born 22 June 1951) is the former president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), having been elected to the post in September 2013 at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. Cookson previously served as president of British Cycling from 1997 to 2013, after becoming a member of an emergency committee to rescue it from insolvency in 1996.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.