Mark Ian Macleod Beaumont BEM (born 1 January 1983)[2] is a British long-distance cyclist, broadcaster and author.

[7] In the summer of 2011 Beaumont joined a six-man team to row from Resolute Bay in the Nunavut Territory, Canada to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole.

On 1 February 2012 Beaumont and his team of rowers were rescued from the Atlantic Ocean when their rowing boat capsized during a crossing from Morocco to Barbados.

[9] On 21 May 2015 he rode from Cairo to Cape Town (10,000 km) and broke the world record for fastest solo ride for the length of Africa by finishing in 42 days and 8 hours.

[14] In the 2018 New Year Honours, Beaumont was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to sport, broadcasting and charity.

The route began and ended in Paris, France, riding through 20 countries across Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australasia and North America.

Beaumont's video diaries of the journey formed the basis of a BAFTA-nominated documentary,[17] The Man who Cycled the World, which was broadcast by the BBC in August 2008.

In addition to cycling 13,080 miles (21,050 km) in 268 days, he climbed the highest peaks in North and South America: Denali and Aconcagua.

During Summer 2017, Beaumont completed a second global circumnavigation, similar to his first 10 years prior, known as the Around the World in 80 Days Artemis Challenge.

In early 2012, Beaumont joined another team in an attempt to break the world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean.

[28] In November 2015, Beaumont set the record for completing the North Coast 500 (a 518.7-mile route around Scotland) by bicycle in 37 hours 56 minutes and 44 seconds.