Jamie McGahan
Personal information
Birth nameJames McGahan
Born1959 (age 6465)
Glasgow, Scotland
Sport
SportCycling
ClubGlasgow Wheelers
Scotia Sports CC
Greenock RC

James "Jamie" McGahan (born 1959) is a Scottish cyclist.[1][2]

Early life

Jamie McGahan is a native of Glasgow.[3]

Career

McGahan won the Rás Tailteann in 1981, finished second in 1982 and third in 1983.[4][5] Other wins include the Scottish Road Race Championships, Scottish Health Race and the Davie Bell Memorial.[6]

He also represented Scotland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in the road race and team time trial events.[7][8]

Personal life

His niece, Imogen Cotter, participated in the Rás na mBan (women's race) in 2017.[9]

References

  1. Archives, Cycling. "Jamie McGahan". www.cyclingarchives.com.
  2. Mcardle, Jim. "Young British team for Ras". The Irish Times.
  3. Philip, Robert (1 September 2011). Scottish Sporting Legends. Random House. ISBN 9781780571669 via Google Books.
  4. "1982 Dermot Gilleran Ireland Wins Tirolia Rás Tailteann". www.rastailteann.com.
  5. "Cyclisme sur route - Jamie McGahan (Grande Bretagne)". www.les-sports.info.
  6. Hood, Ed (13 January 2017). "Jamie McGahan - Scottish Winner of National Tours, definitely was 'Good Enough'! • VeloVeritas".
  7. "James McGahan". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. GROOM, GRAHAM (17 October 2017). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780244940317 via Google Books.
  9. "Imogen Cotter on the special one that is Rás na mBan". Sticky Bottle. 19 September 2018.
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