Ian Alan Chipchase (born 26 February 1952) is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw.

[8] He continued to compete while entering higher education and was a three-time champion consecutively at the Universities Athletic Union Championships from 1971 to 1973.

[9] At the 1973 AAA Championships he placed third behind Britain's most dominant throwers and 1972 Olympians, Howard Payne and Barry Williams.

He was chosen to represent England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games and held off both Howard Payne and Peter Farmer to win the gold medal.

[11][12] That August he set a personal best of 71.00 m (232 ft 11+1⁄4 in) in Edinburgh – a mark which placed him among Britain's best ever throwers at that point, behind Barry Williams, Paul Dickenson and Chris Black.