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Australian Paralympic cyclist

Michael Shippley
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability classC4
Medal record
Cycling
Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Mixed Team Sprint C1-5
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Men's 1km Trial Time C4
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Time Trial C4
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Mixed Team Sprint Time Trial C1-5

Michael Shippley (born 30 June 1992) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who has won medals at 2022 and 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.

Personal

Shippley was born 30 June 1998. 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. 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.

Cycling

Prior to his motorbike accident, participated in triathlon and Olympic weightlifting. 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. He missed selection for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

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.

In 2022, he is a member of the Balmoral Cycling Club and a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship athlete.

References

  1. ^ "Results - UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". UCI. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2019 World Para Track Cycling Championships - Official Results" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Michael Shippley: Chasing Olympic dreams in Tokyo". Cycling with Lipstick & Lycra. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. "Griffith University Blues Awards for Sporting Excellence 2019". Griffith University. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. "Medals Just One Priority At Track Cycling World Championships". Paralympics Australia. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. "2024 UCI Paracycling Track World Championships". paraworlds2024.veloresults.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. "Michael Shippley". AusCycling. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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