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Michael (Mick) McIntyre
Michael John McIntyre (Mick), (born Maitland, South Australia in 1955) is an Australian wheelchair athlete, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and various other Championships.

As a child Mick was struck with polio which affected the right side of this body. Then on the 14th January 1979 Mick had a shocking motorcycle accident. Mick's injuries crushed his T10, T11 and T12 and broke his Lumbar1. With courage and determination, Mick overcame the psychological and physical hurdles to become one of Australia and the World's best wheelchair athletes of the time.

Personal
Mick was born on xx January 1955 in the town of Maitland on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. He was the second of 13 children to parents Mollie and Frank. His siblings are; Margie, Pat, Tom, Pete, Ged, Matt, Dave, Terry, Andrew, Frank, Cathy and Tess. He grew up on a farm that grew mostly wheat, barley and sheep. After attending Minlaton and Maitland Area Schools, Mick attended boarding school at Sacred Heart College in Adelaide. After school ....

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Athletics career
Mick started playing wheelchair basketball in 1981. He made the state wheelchair basketball team for South Australia in 1985. From January 1985 - January 1986 Mick participated in both state wheelchair basketball and wheelchair athletics.

In January 1986, Mick was told to choose between basketball and athletics. He qualified for the World Championship Games in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Mick won 6 gold medals (100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 100m relay and the 4 x 400m relay). He also won 2 bronze medals (4 x 200m relay and the marathon). In the 4 x 200m relay, the Australian team was so far in front that one of the athletes fell out of his chair, got back in and they still managed to come third. In the Marathon, Mick achieved his personal best time of 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Professional career
Career information here.