Ian Adamson is a most successful adventure racer of all time.

Career

A professional athlete since 1997, Ian has dominated the sport of adventure racing

Adventure racing

Adventure racing is a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, including orienteering and/or navigation , cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills...

 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

Eco-Challenge

Eco-Challenge: The Expedition Race is a multi-day expedition length adventure race in which teams of four compete. It aired from April 1995 to April 2002....

, ESPN X-Games, Primal Quest

Primal Quest

Primal Quest was an expedition-length adventure race that has been called one of the most difficult athletic events in the world and was cited as the most prestigious expedition event in North America. The race once featured the largest prize purse in adventure racing. Each race lasted up to ten...

, Raid Gauloises

Raid Gauloises

The Raid Gauloises or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern adventure race and was first held in 1989. Its creator, Gerald Fusil, took the existing concept of long distance endurance races, and focused on the team aspects, requiring each competitor to be part of a five person co-ed...

, Adventure Race World Championships and Southern Traverse, the “big six” major international adventure races.

Adventure Racing

• Eco-Challenge - 1st 2001, 2000 & 1996, 2nd 2002 & 1997, 3rd 1995
• Primal Quest - 1st 2006, 2004 & 2003, 3rd 2002
• AR World Championships - 1st 2006, 2004 (RTNX)
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  , 2nd 2005, 3rd 2001
• Southern Traverse - 1st 1996, 2nd 2005 & 1998, 3rd 2000
• Raid the North Extreme
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   - 1st 2004 (ARWC), 2001 & 1999
• Raid World Championships - 1st 2004 & 1998, 2nd 2005
• Raid World Cup - 1st USA 2003, 2nd USA 2005, 2004 & 2000
• Extreme Adv. Hidalgo - 1st 2002
• Balance Bar - 1st OR 2003, 2nd CO 2003
• Hi Tec - 1st NY 1999, 3rd LA 2001
• ESPN X-Games - Gold 1997, Silver 1996, Bronze 1995
• Adventure Xtreme, CO - 1st 2003, 2nd 2001, 3rd 2002

World championships

• Adventure Racing: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004
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  , 2005, 2006

World records

• 1997: 24 Hour Endurance Kayak, 203 miles, Colorado River, Colorado and Utah
• 1998: 24 Hour Endurance Kayak, 217 miles, Yukon River, Yukon Territory, Canada
• 2004: 24 Hour Endurance Kayak, 262 miles, Yukon River, Yukon Territory, Canada

Further reading

• Ian Adamson: Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing : How to Become a Successful Racer and Adventure Athlete (ISBN 1-57954-836-9), Rodale Books 2004. Adamson's guide to becoming a successful adventure racer.