Mickey Bushell

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1990 –

25

Who is Mickey Bushell?

Michael David Bushell MBE is a Paralympic athlete from Telford, Shropshire, England competing mainly in category T53 sprint events after being born without seven vertebrae in his back.

He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres - T53 event and went out in the first round of the men's 200 metres - T53 event. Bushell also holds British Records for the T53 class in the 100m 200m 400m 800m and the European T53 class 100m

On 19 June 2009, Bushell set a new 100m T53 world record in Ibach, Switzerland, beating the old record by three one-hundredths of a second.

On 3 September, in the London 2012 Paralympics, he won a gold medal for Great Britain in the T53 100m in a time of 14.75 seconds, just shy of the World Record time of 14.47 seconds.

Bushell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.

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Born
Jun 8, 1990
Education
  • Telford College of Arts and Technology

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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