Pat McQuaid

Pat (Patrick) McQuaid
Pat McQuaid in 2011
Personal information
Full namePatrick McQuaid
Born (1949-09-05) 5 September 1949 (age 75)
Dublin, Ireland
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RolePresident of UCI, 2005-2013
Amateur teams
1966–1978Emerald Cycling Club
late 1960sClifton Cycling Club (Leeds)
Professional team
1978–1979Viking–Campagnolo
Major wins
Road Race Champion 1974
Tour of Ireland 1975 & 1976
Tour of the Pennines 1978

Patrick "Pat" McQuaid (born 5 September 1949 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former road racing cyclist who served as the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale from 2005 to 2013.

He had a strong amateur career and a brief professional period before moving into race promotion and administration in Ireland and globally, serving four years as head of Irish cycling's governing body, and later two four-year terms as president of the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). He also served three years as a member of the International Olympic Committee.[1] McQuaid is also a qualified secondary school teacher.[2]

  1. ^ "Pat McQuaid loses presidency of world cycling union". Irish Times Online. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ^ Wilcockson, John (25 December 2005). "UCI president McQuaid: Globalizing the sport (part 2)". Velonews. Retrieved 14 September 2018.