12 Facts About Mickey Bushell

Mickey Bushell has lumbar sacral spinal agenesis congenital paraplegia and competes in T53 category sprint events.

Mickey Bushell is the British record holder at 100m and 200, and a European record holder at 100m.

Mickey Bushell was born on 8 June 1990 at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Mickey Bushell competed in the 200m event, but was knocked out in the first round.

On 19 June 2009, Mickey Bushell set a new 100 m T53 world record in Ibach, Switzerland, beating the old record by three one-hundredths of a second.

Mickey Bushell added further silverware to his collection in 2014 at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, where he claimed gold in the T53 100m.

Mickey Bushell picked up a silver medal in the 200m in wet and windy conditions, but was just edged out of the medals in the 800m behind his teammate, Moatez Jomni.

Mickey Bushell is the current British Record holder for the T53 class in the 100m and 200m events, and the European record holder at 100m.

Mickey Bushell has no abdominal wall muscle control, his legs and hips have never fully developed and float unsupported at the lower end of his body.

In 2007, during his preparations for the Paralympic games in Beijing, Mickey Bushell began having recurrent kidney infection necessitating a nephrectomy.

Mickey Bushell subsequently made a complete recovery, although his training was significantly set back the seven month recuperation period.

Mickey Bushell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.