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Australian Paralympic cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Shippley (born 30 June 1992)[1] is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who has won medals at 2022 and 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 30 June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shippley was born 30 June 1998.[2] In 2014, he had a motorbike accident which resulted in a left common perennial nerve palsy (foot drop) and multi ligament damage to his left knee.[3] Shippley completed an engineering degree at Griffith University in 2020 and then commenced an exercise physiology degree. In 2019, he was awarded Full Blue Sporting Award at Griffith University.[4]
Prior to his motorbike accident, participated in triathlon and Olympic weightlifting.[3] He is classified as C4 cyclist.
At the 2019 Para-cycling Track World Championships, he finished 13th in the Men's Time Trial C5 and 4th in the Team Sprint C1-5.[2] He missed selection for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, he won the bronze medal in the Mixed Team Sprint C1-5 and finished 5th in the Men's Time Trial C5.[1]
At the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow, he won the silver medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C4.
At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won two bronze - the Men's Time Trial C4 and the Mixed Team Sprint C1-5.[6]
In 2022, he is a member of the Balmoral Cycling Club and a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship athlete.[7]
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