Brian Cookson is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on June 22, 1951 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. In the administrative sphere, Cookson has held the office of Division Road Race Secretary from 1981 to 2005 Vice-Chairman of Division 1984-7 Division Chairman 1993-7 BCF Racing and Executive Committees 1984-93; BCF Executive Committee/Board 1996-present. He has been a cycling representative at the British Olympic Association since 1996.
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. He has been credited with turning the sport around since taking on his unpaid role as president and under his presidency, British cyclists have won 19 Olympic Gold medals, 28 Paralympic Gold medals, the Tour de France four times, and multiple World Championship titles in disciplines of Road, Track and BMX.
He was elected a member of the British Olympic Association’s executive committee for a third term in October 2005, and again re-elected in November 2007.
After graduating in 1973, Cookson retired in March 2013 from his job in the mainstream sector and was hired as Executive Director (Regeneration) by Pendle Borough Council as Executive Director (Regeneration) having gained extensive knowledge of the strategic management of multi-faceted organizations, as well as of leading teams involved in the major urban programmes of rejuvenation and revitalization.
As a competitor Cookson was a road racer as well as track, cyclocross, and MTB. The apex of his professional career was when he won his first Lakeland Division Road Race championship in 1971.
Cookson qualified as a UCI International Commissaire (i.e. judge/referee) in 1986, working on events such as the Tour of Britain, the Milk Race, the Warsaw-Berlin-Prague Peace Race and stage races in Australia, South Africa, Germany, Spain, France. Brian has also been involved in World Championships in France, Great Britain, Switzerland, and the Barcelona Olympic Games.
