Cameron Buchan (born 3 December 1992) is a British rower. He competes around the world and documents his journey on his Youtube channel. He competed for British Rowing at the 2017 Poznań, Belgrade and Lucerne World Cups as well as the World Championships in the same year.
In 2017, Buchan represented Great Britain at Poznań and Belgrade in the World Rowing Cups. On both occasions he competed in the Eight, and placed 3rd and 2nd respectively. He also competed at the 2017 World Rowing championships at Sarasota-Bradenton, where he competed in the Eight, and came first in the B final. On Buchan's second year on the team he pushed harder than before to help improve the results of the previous year. Although having successful internal results Buchan was cut from the team after contracting glandular fever.
On September 14, 2024, Buchan became world champion in the mixed quadruple sculls event at the 2024 Beach sprint World Championships as part of the British national team.
Buchan is the founder of the Yamsquad, originally started to embrace the community behind social media. After a while the Yamsquad has evolved into a thriving business and has taken many turns, from creating custom rowing clothing to coaching multiple athletes to world records and world championships. He has a rowing-themed YouTube channel, and is known for his sayings "Food is Fuel", "Aww Yeah", and "Variation is one of the keys to motivation".
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