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{{MedalBronze | [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] |[[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's road time trial C5|Individual Road Time Trial C5]]}}
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{{MedalGold | 2007 [[Bordeaux]]|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit LC1}}
{{MedalGold | 2007 [[Bordeaux]]|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit LC1}}
{{MedalGold |{{nowrap|2009 [[Manchester]]}}|Men's 4 km Time Trial LC1}}
{{MedalGold |{{nowrap|2009 [[Manchester]]}}|Men's 4 km Time Trial LC1}}
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{{MedalGold | {{nowrap|[[2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships|2011 Montichiari]]}} |[[2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships – Men's individual pursuit#C5|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5]]}}
{{MedalGold|2012 [[Carson, California|Carson]]|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4/C5}}
{{MedalGold|2012 [[Carson, California|Carson]]|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4/C5}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Aguascalientes | Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Aguascalientes | Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Appledorn|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Appledorn|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships|2016 Montichiari]]|Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5}}
{{MedalBronze| 2012 [[Carson, California|Carson]]|Men's Scratch Race C4/C5}}
{{MedalBronze| 2012 [[Carson, California|Carson]]|Men's Scratch Race C4/C5}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Appledorn| Men's 15km Scratch Race}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Appledorn| Men's 15km Scratch Race}}
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'''Michael Thomas Gallagher''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (born 14 December 1978) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Scotland. He has won gold medals at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|Beijing]] and [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London Paralympics]]. He was selected in the Australian team for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]].<ref name="riocycling">{{cite web|title=Australian Paralympic Team announced|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Road/australian-paralympic-team-announced|website=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 30 May 2016|access-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003083002/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Road/australian-paralympic-team-announced|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA) revealed that Gallagher had returned a positive A sample for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition training camp in Italy in July 2016. This A positive disqualified him from the Rio Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cyclingtips.com/2016/09/australian-paralympian-michael-gallagher-to-miss-rio-after-testing-positive-for-epo/|title=Australian Paralympian Michael Gallagher to miss Rio after testing positive for EPO {{!}} CyclingTips|last=CyclingTips|website=cyclingtips.com|date=2 September 2016|access-date=2016-09-02}}</ref>
'''Michael Thomas Gallagher''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]] <ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-01-27/medal-of-the-order-of-australia-oam/274232|title=Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=27 January 2009|accessdate=29 December 2011}}</ref>(born 14 December 1978) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Scotland.


==Personal==
==Personal==
Gallagher was born on 14 December 1978 in [[Scotland]]. He lives in [[Melbourne]] and is a builder by trade.<ref name=cycling-australia>{{cite web|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/?ID=34098|accessdate=9 November 2011|publisher=Cycling Australia|title=Michael Gallagher|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> He has [[Erb's palsy]] in his right shoulder, due to an accident at birth.<ref name=APC-bio>{{cite web|title=Michael Gallagher|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=9 November 2011|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher}}</ref> He runs a construction business.<ref name=apc/>
Gallagher was born on 14 December 1978 in [[Scotland]] and moved to Australia as a five-year-old. He has [[Erb's palsy]] in his right shoulder, due to an accident at birth.<ref name=APC-bio>{{cite web|title=Michael Gallagher|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|access-date=9 November 2011|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026124919/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher|archive-date=26 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He lives in [[Melbourne]]<ref name=cycling-australia>{{cite web|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/?ID=34098|access-date=9 November 2011|publisher=Cycling Australia|title=Michael Gallagher|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> and runs a construction business.<ref name=apc/>


==Cycling==
==Cycling==
Gallagher is a [[C5 (classification)|C5 classified]] track and road cyclist.<ref name=apc>{{cite web|title=Michael Gallagher|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher|work=Australian Paralyampic Committee Team Profile|accessdate=4 July 2012}}</ref> He started cycling with a family friend when he was twenty-five years old, and then started taking the sport more seriously. He cycles for [[Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club]], is affiliated with the [[Victorian Institute of Sport]] and is coached by Hilton Clarke Sennior. He first represented Australia in 2005 at the [[IPC European Championships]]. His cycling is sponsored by [[Victorian Institute of Sport]] (VIS), [[Bianchi Bicycles|Bianchi]], [[2XU]] and [[CSM Cycles]].<ref name=cycling-australia/>
Gallagher is a [[C5 (classification)|C5 classified]] track and road cyclist.<ref name=apc>{{cite web|title=Michael Gallagher|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher|work=Australian Paralyampic Committee Team Profile|access-date=4 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026124919/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher|archive-date=26 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He started cycling with a family friend when he was twenty-five years old, and then started taking the sport more seriously. He cycles for [[Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club]], is affiliated with the [[Victorian Institute of Sport]] and is coached by Hilton Clarke Senior. He first represented Australia in 2005 at the [[IPC European Championships]]. His cycling is sponsored by [[Victorian Institute of Sport]] (VIS), [[Bianchi (company)|Bianchi]], [[2XU]] and [[CSM Cycles]].<ref name=cycling-australia/>


He was part of the Australian team at the 2005 IPC European Championships, the 2006 and 2007 Para-cycling World Championships, and the 2009, 2011 and 2012 Para-cycling Track World Championships. I He has also participated in road-racing competitions, including the 2009 Para-cycling Road World Championships and the 2011 Para-cycling Road World Cup in Australia.<ref name=cycling-australia/>
He was part of the Australian team at the 2005 IPC European Championships, the 2006 and 2007 Para-cycling World Championships, and the 2009, 2011 and 2012 Para-cycling Track World Championships. I He has also participated in road-racing competitions, including the 2009 Para-cycling Road World Championships and the 2011 Para-cycling Road World Cup in Australia.<ref name=cycling-australia/>


At the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing Games]], he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit LC1 event, for which he received a [[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]],<ref name="abc"/> and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Road Race LC1–2/CP4 event.<ref name="IPC">{{IPC profile|surname=Gallagher|givenname=Michael}}. Retrieved 6 October 2012.</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London Paralympics]], he participated in the Men's Road Race C4–5, Men's Time Trial C5, Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and the Mixed Team Sprint C1–5 events – winning a gold medal in the Individual Pursuit C5 and a bronze medal in the Time Trial C5.<ref name="IPC"/>
At the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing Games]], he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit LC1 event, for which he received a [[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]],<ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-01-27/medal-of-the-order-of-australia-oam/274232|title=Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=27 January 2009|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Road Race LC1–2/CP4 event.<ref name="IPC">{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/michael-gallagher |title=Michael Gallagher |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London Paralympics]], he participated in the Men's Road Race C4–5, Men's Time Trial C5, Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and the Mixed Team Sprint C1–5 events – winning a gold medal in the Individual Pursuit C5 and a bronze medal in the Time Trial C5.<ref name="IPC"/>
[[File:020912 - Michael Gallagher - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics (03).jpg|thumb|left|Gallagher at the 2012 London Paralympics]]
Competing at the 2013 [[UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships]] in [[Baie-Comeau]], Canada, he won a gold medal in the Men's Road Race C5.<ref name=pararesults>{{cite web|title=Para-cyling Road World Championships - Results |url=http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3ODE&LangId=1 |work=UCI Website |access-date=2 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201203733/http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3ODE&LangId=1 |archive-date=1 February 2014 }}</ref> At the 2014 [[UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships]] in [[Aguascalientes]], Mexico, he won the gold medal in the Men's 4&nbsp;km Individual Pursuit C4. He broke the world record with a time of 4minutes and 24.057 seconds in the qualifying.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/ArtMID/2922/ArticleID/7523/Australia-finishes-Para-Track-Worlds-as-top-nation|work=Cycling Australia News|date=14 April 2014|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415120020/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/ArtMID/2922/ArticleID/7523/Australia-finishes-Para-Track-Worlds-as-top-nation|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Competing at the 2013 [[UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships]] in [[Baie-Comeau]], Canada, he won a gold medal in the Men's Road Race C5.<ref name=pararesults>{{cite web|last=|title=Para-cyling Road World Championships - Results|url=http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3ODE&LangId=1|work=UCI Website|accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref> At the 2014 [[UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships]] in [[Aguascalientes]], Mexico, he won the gold medal in the Men's 4&nbsp;km Individual Pursuit C4. He broke the world record with a time of 4minutes and 24.057 seconds in the qualifying.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/ArtMID/2922/ArticleID/7523/Australia-finishes-Para-Track-Worlds-as-top-nation|work=Cycling Australia News|date=14 April 2014|accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref>
At the 2015 [[UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships]] in [[Appledorn]], [[Netherlands]], he won the gold medal in the Men's 4&nbsp;km Individual Pursuit C5 and a bronze medal in the 15&nbsp;km Scratch Race C5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gallagher & Powell defend world titles; Australia claims four medals on day three|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/gallagher-powell-defend-world-titles-australia-claims-four-medals-on-day-three|website=Cycling Australia News|date=29 March 2015|access-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518071607/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/gallagher-powell-defend-world-titles-australia-claims-four-medals-on-day-three|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donohoe claims maiden track world title; Australia finishes with 11 medals|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/donohoe-claims-maiden-track-world-title-australia-finishes-with-11-medals|website=Cycling Australia News, 30 March 2015|access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref>


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Competing at the 2015 [[UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships]] in [[Nottwil]], Switzerland, he finished tenth in the Men's Time Trial C5 and fifth in the Men's Road Race C5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/cooke-and-bridgwood-claim-gold-at-uci-para-cycling-road-world-championships|website=Cycling Australia News|date=31 July 2015|access-date=3 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311063039/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/cooke-and-bridgwood-claim-gold-at-uci-para-cycling-road-world-championships|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/alistair-donohoe-defends-world-title-at-para-cycling-road-worlds|website=Cycling Australia News|date=2 August 2015|access-date=3 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212414/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/alistair-donohoe-defends-world-title-at-para-cycling-road-worlds|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


At the 2015 [[UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships]] in [[Appledorn]], [[Netherlands]], he won the gold medal in the Men's 4&nbsp;km Individual Pursuit C5 and a bronze medal in the 15km Scratch Race C5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gallagher & Powell defend world titles; Australia claims four medals on day three|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/gallagher-powell-defend-world-titles-australia-claims-four-medals-on-day-three|website=Cycling Australia News|date=29 March 2015|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Donohoe claims maiden track world title; Australia finishes with 11 medals|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/donohoe-claims-maiden-track-world-title-australia-finishes-with-11-medals|website=Cycling Australia News, 30 March 2015|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>
At the 2016 [[UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships]] in [[Montichiari]], [[Italy]], he defended his Men's 4&nbsp;km Individual Pursuit C5 title by defeating fellow Australian [[Alistair Donohoe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gallagher gold headlines six medal haul on day three|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/Home/gallagher-gold-headlines-six-medal-haul-on-day-three-1|website=Cycling Australia News|date=20 March 2016|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026163938/http://www.cycling.org.au/Home/gallagher-gold-headlines-six-medal-haul-on-day-three-1|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2016, he was a [[Victorian Institute of Sport]] scholarship holder.<ref name="vis">{{cite web|title=Michael Gallagher|url=http://www.vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/michael-gallagher/|website=Victorian Institute of Sport website|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811070857/http://vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/michael-gallagher/|archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Competing at the 2015 [[UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships]] in [[Nottwil]], Switzerland, he finished tenth in the Men's Time Trial C5 and fifth in the Men's Road Race C5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/cooke-and-bridgwood-claim-gold-at-uci-para-cycling-road-world-championships|website=Cycling Australia News|date=31 July 2015|accessdate=3 August 2015}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/alistair-donohoe-defends-world-title-at-para-cycling-road-worlds|website=Cycling Australia News|date=2 August 2015|accessdate=3 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2016 he was found to have tested positive for the banned substance EPO and removed from the Australian Paralympic team for Rio 2016 Paralympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Paralympian Michael Gallagher to miss Rio after testing positive for EPO|url=http://cyclingtips.com/2016/09/australian-paralympian-michael-gallagher-to-miss-rio-after-testing-positive-for-epo/|access-date=2 September 2016|website=Cyclingtips.com|date=2 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2023 he was part of Team HKL/ROKiTs WTRL APAC Open Shield A1 winning squad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zwift Racing League {{!}} WTRL - 2022/23 ROUND 3 - JAN 10TH to FEB 14TH 2023 |url=https://www.wtrl.racing/zwift-racing-league/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=WTRL Ltd |language=en-CA}}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
[[File:020912 - Michael Gallagher - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics (04).jpg|thumb|left|Gallagher gold medallist at the 2012 London Paralympics]]
Gallagher was named the Victorian Athlete of the Year with a Disability in 2006 and 2007. He was one of the top three finalists for the Australian Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award in 2006 and the Victorian Institute of Sport Award of Excellence in 2007. He also received the Victorian Institute of Sport Coaches Award for Cycling in 2006. In 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010, he was named the Cycling Australia Male Para-cyclist of the Year. In 2008, he was one of eighty Australians to participate in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] torch relay.<ref name=cycling-australia/> In November 2013, he was named [[Cycling Australia]]'s Elite Male Para-Cyclist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caroline Buchanan awarded Opie medal|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Road/ArtMID/2913/ArticleID/3643/Caroline-Buchanan-awarded-%e2%80%98Oppy%e2%80%99-medal|work=Cycling Australia News|date=8 November 2013|accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref>
Gallagher was named the Victorian Athlete of the Year with a Disability in 2006 and 2007. He was one of the top three finalists for the Australian Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award in 2006 and the Victorian Institute of Sport Award of Excellence in 2007. He also received the Victorian Institute of Sport Coaches Award for Cycling in 2006. In 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010, he was named the Cycling Australia Male Para-cyclist of the Year. In 2008, he was one of eighty Australians to participate in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] torch relay.<ref name=cycling-australia/> In November 2013, he was named [[Cycling Australia]]'s Elite Male Para-Cyclist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caroline Buchanan awarded Opie medal|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Road/ArtMID/2913/ArticleID/3643/Caroline-Buchanan-awarded-%e2%80%98Oppy%e2%80%99-medal|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131119075927/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Road/ArtMID/2913/ArticleID/3643/Caroline-Buchanan-awarded-%E2%80%98Oppy%E2%80%99-medal|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2013|work=Cycling Australia News|date=8 November 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher Australian Paralympic Committee Team Profile]
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026124919/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/michael-gallagher |title=Michael Gallagher at the Australian Paralympic Committee}}
* [http://www.cycling.org.au/High-Performance/Rider-Profiles/ProfileId/50/Michael-Gallagher Cycling Australia Profile]
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811202609/http://cycling.org.au/High-Performance/Rider-Profiles/ProfileId/50/Michael-Gallagher |title=Michael Gallagher at Cycling Australia}}
* {{Twitter|mickeyg4444}}
* [https://twitter.com/mickeyg4444?lang=en Michael Gallagher on Twitter]
* {{IPC athlete|michael-gallagher}}


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Latest revision as of 20:58, 4 August 2024

Michael Gallagher
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Gallagher
Personal information
Full nameMichael Thomas Gallagher
NationalityAustralian
Born (1978-12-14) 14 December 1978 (age 46)
Scotland
Sport
SportTrack and road cycling
DisabilityErb's palsy
Disability classC5
ClubCarnegie Caulfield Cycling Club
Medal record
Men's para-cycling
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Individual Pursuit LC1
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Individual Pursuit C5
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Individual Road Race LC1-2/CP4
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Individual Road Time Trial C5
IPC World Championships
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aigle Men's 1k Time Trial LC1
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aigle Men's 4k Individual Pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bordeaux Men's 1 km Time Trial LC1
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bordeaux Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit LC1
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manchester Men's 4 km Time Trial LC1
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montichiari Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5
Gold medal – first place 2012 Carson Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4/C5
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aguascalientes Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4
Gold medal – first place 2015 Appledorn Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montichiari Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Carson Men's Scratch Race C4/C5
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Appledorn Men's 15km Scratch Race
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Baie-Comeau Men's Road Race C5
Silver medal – second place 2009 Italy Men's Road Time Trial LC1
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada Men's Road Time Trial C5
Silver medal – second place 2011 Denmark Men's Road Time Trial C5

Michael Thomas Gallagher, OAM (born 14 December 1978) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Scotland. He has won gold medals at the Beijing and 2012 London Paralympics. He was selected in the Australian team for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1] The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA) revealed that Gallagher had returned a positive A sample for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition training camp in Italy in July 2016. This A positive disqualified him from the Rio Paralympics.[2]

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Gallagher was born on 14 December 1978 in Scotland and moved to Australia as a five-year-old. He has Erb's palsy in his right shoulder, due to an accident at birth.[3] He lives in Melbourne[4] and runs a construction business.[5]

Cycling

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Gallagher is a C5 classified track and road cyclist.[5] He started cycling with a family friend when he was twenty-five years old, and then started taking the sport more seriously. He cycles for Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club, is affiliated with the Victorian Institute of Sport and is coached by Hilton Clarke Senior. He first represented Australia in 2005 at the IPC European Championships. His cycling is sponsored by Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), Bianchi, 2XU and CSM Cycles.[4]

He was part of the Australian team at the 2005 IPC European Championships, the 2006 and 2007 Para-cycling World Championships, and the 2009, 2011 and 2012 Para-cycling Track World Championships. I He has also participated in road-racing competitions, including the 2009 Para-cycling Road World Championships and the 2011 Para-cycling Road World Cup in Australia.[4]

At the 2008 Beijing Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit LC1 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[6] and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Road Race LC1–2/CP4 event.[7] At the 2012 London Paralympics, he participated in the Men's Road Race C4–5, Men's Time Trial C5, Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and the Mixed Team Sprint C1–5 events – winning a gold medal in the Individual Pursuit C5 and a bronze medal in the Time Trial C5.[7]

Gallagher at the 2012 London Paralympics

Competing at the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada, he won a gold medal in the Men's Road Race C5.[8] At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico, he won the gold medal in the Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C4. He broke the world record with a time of 4minutes and 24.057 seconds in the qualifying.[9]

At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Appledorn, Netherlands, he won the gold medal in the Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5 and a bronze medal in the 15 km Scratch Race C5.[10][11]

Competing at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland, he finished tenth in the Men's Time Trial C5 and fifth in the Men's Road Race C5.[12][13]

At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, he defended his Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5 title by defeating fellow Australian Alistair Donohoe.[14]

In 2016, he was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[15]

In 2016 he was found to have tested positive for the banned substance EPO and removed from the Australian Paralympic team for Rio 2016 Paralympics.[16]

In 2023 he was part of Team HKL/ROKiTs WTRL APAC Open Shield A1 winning squad.[17]

Recognition

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Gallagher gold medallist at the 2012 London Paralympics

Gallagher was named the Victorian Athlete of the Year with a Disability in 2006 and 2007. He was one of the top three finalists for the Australian Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award in 2006 and the Victorian Institute of Sport Award of Excellence in 2007. He also received the Victorian Institute of Sport Coaches Award for Cycling in 2006. In 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010, he was named the Cycling Australia Male Para-cyclist of the Year. In 2008, he was one of eighty Australians to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay.[4] In November 2013, he was named Cycling Australia's Elite Male Para-Cyclist of the Year.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Paralympic Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. ^ CyclingTips (2 September 2016). "Australian Paralympian Michael Gallagher to miss Rio after testing positive for EPO | CyclingTips". cyclingtips.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Michael Gallagher". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "Michael Gallagher". Cycling Australia. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Michael Gallagher". Australian Paralyampic Committee Team Profile. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Michael Gallagher". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Para-cyling Road World Championships - Results". UCI Website. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation". Cycling Australia News. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Gallagher & Powell defend world titles; Australia claims four medals on day three". Cycling Australia News. 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Donohoe claims maiden track world title; Australia finishes with 11 medals". Cycling Australia News, 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News. 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Gallagher gold headlines six medal haul on day three". Cycling Australia News. 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Michael Gallagher". Victorian Institute of Sport website. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Australian Paralympian Michael Gallagher to miss Rio after testing positive for EPO". Cyclingtips.com. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Zwift Racing League | WTRL - 2022/23 ROUND 3 - JAN 10TH to FEB 14TH 2023". WTRL Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Caroline Buchanan awarded Opie medal". Cycling Australia News. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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