Ian Cammish
1956 –
Who is Ian Cammish?
Ian Scott Cammish is an English time trial cyclist.
He dominated British time trialling in the 1980s, holding the Road Time Trials Council’s British Best All-Rounder for nine years – 1980 to 1985 consecutively and 1987 to 1989 consecutively.
Cammish has won and broken over 50 National Championships and Records including nine times National 100 miles champion and four times National 50 miles champion.
He was the first rider to break the 30 mph barrier for an out and back 50 mile time trial.
In 1983 he broke his own existing RTTC out and back 100 mile record by an unprecedented 7 minutes or so with a time of 3hrs 31mins 53 secs, setting a new standard and goals for 100 mile time trials.
He remains the current holder of the RRA 'straight out' 50 and 100 mile records.
Despite his successes he never won the National 12 Hour championship until the age of 51 when, in August 2008, he finally won the medal with his distance of 284.54 miles.
He was a recipient of the UK cycling's top accolade the Bidlake Memorial Prize, named after Frederick Thomas Bidlake, in 1991.
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