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In March 2017 he was elected President of British Canoeing, the sport's national governing body.

Ivan's latest achievement comes in the form of setting the new Great Glen Paddle course record of 8hrs 1min on 22 March 2014.

He was awarded an MBE in the 2000 New Year Honours.

Lawler also competed in three Summer Olympics, but did not advance to the final in any of the Games he competed in. His most notable was sixth in the semifinal round of the K-2 500 m event at Seoul in 1988. In 2011, Lawler attempted to break the long-standing record time in the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon with current world champion Ben Brown. However, they were unsuccessful and retired from the race due to injury and poor flow on the Thames.

Ivan Lawler MBE (born 19 November 1966) is a British marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, winning five gold and two silver medals at the canoe marathon world championships. He also competed in canoe sprint, and won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (1990) and a silver (K-2 10000 m: 1989). His world championship record makes him Great Britain's best ever athlete in the sport, and many consider him to be the world's best, especially since he spanned both disciplines of canoe sprint and marathon. At club level, he has always competed for Elmbridge canoe club.