Michael Shippley
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability classC4
Medal record
Cycling
Track
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesMixed Team Sprint C1-5
Silver medal – second place2023 GlasgowMen's 1km Trial Time C4

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.

Personal

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]

Cycling

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.

In 2022, he is a member of the Balmoral Cycling Club and a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship athlete.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Results - UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". UCI. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2019 World Para Track Cycling Championships - Official Results" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Michael Shippley". AusCycling. Retrieved 24 October 2022.


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