Cecil McKaig

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameCecil•McKaig
Used nameCecil•McKaig
Born1885 in Chelsea, England (GBR)
Died4 July 1939 in Reading, England (GBR)
AffiliationsPutney A.C., Putney (GBR)
NOC Great Britain

Biography

Cecil McKaig started riding for the Effra Conservative CC in Brixton and finished third in the novices half-mile handicap race at Herne Hill in his début season 1905, despite conceding 30 and 35 yards respectively to the first two men home. He won the 10-mile club title for the Tritton Trophy that first year, and retained it in 1906-07. McKaig moved to the top London club Putney AC in 1908 and, whilst an Olympic call-up came, in the tandem with Ted Piercy, very few major honours came his way. McKaig and Piercy did, however, finish second in the two-mile tandem event at the 1909 London Centre Championships at Herne Hill, and in September that year, they set a new record for the quarter-mile tandem flying start record at 23.4 seconds.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Cycling Track (Cycling) GBR Cecil McKaig
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (Olympic) Ted Piercy 3 h3 r1/3