Career
A professional athlete since 1997, Ian has dominated the sport of adventure racing with seven world championship wins, 16 world championship podium finishes, 22 international adventure race championship titles and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the ESPN X-Games. He is a three time and current world record holder for endurance kayaking (262 miles in 24 hours.) Ian has competed internationally in adventure racing, canoeing, kayaking, orienteering and sailing and was an Everest Award finalist in 2004 and was awarded the Men's Journal Adventure Athlete of the year in 2006.
He is the only athlete in the world to win Eco-Challenge, ESPN X-Games, Primal Quest, Raid Gauloises, Adventure Race World Championships and Southern Traverse, the “big six” major international adventure races.
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