Michael McKillop

Michael McKillop

Personal information
Born	(1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Residence	Glengormley, Belfast
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	800 m, 1500m
College team	St Malachy's College, Belfast
Medal record Representing Ireland Men's athletics Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 800 m T37 2012 London 800 m T37 2012 London 1500 m T37 IPC Athletics World Championships 2006 Assen 800 m T37 2011 Christchurch 800 m T37 2015 Doha 800 m T38 2015 Doha 1,500 m T37 IPC Athletics European Championships 2014 Swansea 800 m T37 2014 Swansea 1500 m T38

Michael Gerard McKillop (born 27 January 1990 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland) is an Irish middle distance runner and Paralympic athlete. He competes in the T37 classification, as he has a mild form of cerebral palsy.

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 800 m clipping almost three seconds off his previous mark as he strode to an emphatic win in 1:59.41. His time was a Paralympic record. McKillop won the 800 m title at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in world-record time of 1:58.90, he also set a 1500 m world record but was not awarded a medal because of the lack of entries. in the London 2012 Paralympics, McKillop won gold for the men's 800 meter t37 with a time of 1:57.22; this was a world record. He won the 1500m T37 race in the 2012 London Paralympics. The medal was later presented to him by his mother, Catherine McKillop, an ambassador of Procter & Gamble.

He is coached by his father Paddy, who was awarded Northern Ireland Sports Coach of the Year. McKillop has a personal best in his preferred 800 metres of 1:57.22.

In 2012, McKillop was awarded the The Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award.

See also

• 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom