Michael Rimmer
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Rimmer (in dark blue shorts) during the 800 metres final at the 2010 European Championships
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| Born | 3 February 1986 Southport, United Kingdom |
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| Country |  United Kingdom |
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| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 metres | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 1:43.89[1] | ||||||||||||
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Michael Alan Rimmer (born 3 February 1986 in Southport) is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school mile races held at Victoria park, Southport. Michael was also a former sports scholar at Liverpool John Moores University.[2]
Running career
He finished 8th in the 800m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. Finished 2nd in his first European Cup in Munich (2007). He is the first male 800 m runner in British history to win national titles at under 15, 17, 20 and as a senior athlete.
His personal best is 1:43.89 (lowering his previous mark by over half a second) which he set in Rieti in 2010.[3] This places him 6th on the "UK all time list" and is the fastest by any British athlete in over 17 years.[4]
As he won the Senior title in 2008, he was selected to represent Team GB at the Beijing Olympics. Rimmer's build-up to the Games was disrupted by food poisoning, which he picked up at the holding camp in Macau. The Southport runner comfortably came through his first-ever Olympic race in 1:47.61, despite having lost almost 7 pounds (3.2 kg) because of his illness.
In August 2009, Rimmer competed in the World Championships, held in Berlin. Rimmer looked promising throughout the heats of the 800 m, and after squeezing through his previous round he was well down the field in the semi-final in a time of 1:46.77. In July 2010, he became the first male 800 m runner in history to win five consecutive national senior titles in Birmingham. He won his first major championship medal in the European Championships in Barcelona, a silver medal behind Marcin Lewandowski with a 1:47.17.
Competition record
References
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- ↑ http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_115174.htm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8953595.stm
- ↑ http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mb99.htm
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Rimmer. |
- Michael Rimmer profile at IAAF
- Profile at Sports-Reference.com
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