Michael Shippley

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Michael Shippley
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 33)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability class C4
Medal record
Men's para-cycling
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Track World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Mixed Team Sprint C1-5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Glasgow 1km Trial Time C4
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Rio de Janeiro Time Trial C4
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Rio de JaneiroMixed Team Sprint C1-5
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Rio de Janeiro Sprint C4

Michael Shippley (born 30 June 1992) [1] is an Australian Paralympic track athlete and cyclist. He has won medals at 2022 and 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.

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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.

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]

Athletics

At the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, he was ranked 15th in 100m T44. [8] He is coached by Paul Pearce. [9]

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. ↑ "2024 UCI Paracycling Track World Championships". paraworlds2024.veloresults.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Michael Shippley". AusCycling. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "New Delhi 2025 - Schedule & Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Michael Shippley | Australian Athletics". 20 August 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
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