From Telford to the UK, rolling together!

Michael David Bushell MBE (Mickey) is a Paralympic gold medallist and personal trainer from Telford, Shropshire. He has lumbar sacral spinal agenesis congenital paraplegia and competes in T53 category sprint events. He is the British record holder in 100m and 200, and a European record holder n 100m.

Mickey has lumbar sacral spinal agenesis congenital paraplegia. In Mickey’s case this means he is missing seven vertebrae from the lower part of the spine just above the coccyx. He has no abdominal wall muscle control; his legs and hips have never fully developed and float unsupported at the lower end of his body.

This did not stop Mickey wanting to achieve his dreams!

Mickey competed in the 2008 summer Paralympics in Beijing, China winning silver in the men's T53100 meters – T53 event. He also competed in the 200m event, but was knocked out in the first round.

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

On 3 September, in the London 2012 Paralympics, he won a gold medal for Great Britain in the T53 100m in a time of 14.75 seconds, just shy of the World Record time of 14.47 seconds. 

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

After struggling with illness in 2015, Mickey made an encouraging return to action in 2016 by winning the European title in the T53 100m in Grosseto, as well as a 400m bronze