Michael McKillop

Michael McKillop

Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	27 January 1990 (1990-01-27) (age 21) Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Residence	Glengormley, Belfast
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	800m
Medal record Competitor for  Ireland Men's athletics IPC Athletics World Championships Gold 2006 Assen 800 m T37 Gold 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand 800 m T37 Paralympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 800 m T37

Michael Gerard McKillop (born 27 January 1990 in Ballymena) is an Irish athlete who has a mild form of cerebral palsy.^[1]

He won the 800m title at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, clocking just over 2:02. and he represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal at the T37 800m clipping almost three seconds off his previous mark as he strode to an emphatic win in 1:59.39. His time was a Paralympic record. McKillop won the 800m title at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in world-record time of 1:58.90, he also set a 1500m world record but was not awarded a medal because of the lack of entries.^[2][3]

He is coached by his father Paddy, who was awarded Northern Ireland Sports Coach of the Year. McKillop has a personal best of 1:57.3. ^[4][5][6]

References

1. ^ BBC
2. ^ BBC sports
3. ^ independent.ie
4. ^ RTE
5. ^ BBC
6. ^ europeanirish.com

Persondata
Name	Mackillop, Michael
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 January 1990
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Date of death
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