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Michael Gallagher
2012 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 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
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 [1](born 14 December 1978) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Scotland.

Personal

Gallagher was born on 14 December 1978 in Scotland. He lives in Melbourne and is a builder by trade.[2] He has Erb's palsy in his right shoulder, due to an accident at birth.[3] He runs a construction business.[4]

Cycling

Gallagher is a C5 classified track and road cyclist.[4] 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, 2XU and CSM Cycles.[2]

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.[2]

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,[1] and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Road Race LC1–2/CP4 event.[5] 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]


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 15km Scratch Race C5.[8] [9]

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.[10] [11]

Recognition

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.[2] In November 2013, he was named Cycling Australia's Elite Male Para-Cyclist of the Year.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Michael Gallagher". Cycling Australia. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Michael Gallagher". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Michael Gallagher". Australian Paralyampic Committee Team Profile. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b Michael Gallagher at the International Paralympic Committee Edit this at Wikidata . Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Para-cyling Road World Championships - Results". UCI Website. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation". Cycling Australia News. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Gallagher & Powell defend world titles; Australia claims four medals on day three". Cycling Australia News. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Donohoe claims maiden track world title; Australia finishes with 11 medals". Cycling Australia News, 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Caroline Buchanan awarded Opie medal". Cycling Australia News. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

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