Paul Mitchell (athlete) explained

Paul Mitchell
Fullname:	Paul Graham Frederick Mitchell
Birth Date:	24 October 1970
Birth Place:	England

Paul Graham Frederick Mitchell, OAM^[1] (born 24 October 1970 in England)^[2] is a Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability from Western Australia, Australia.

Athletics career

At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, he won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 m.Competing at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships, he won a gold medal in the Men's 800 m T20.^[3] At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, he competed in two events winning a silver medal in the Men's 5000m T20 and twelfth in the Men's 1500 m T20.^[3]

He won a gold medal, with a personal best, at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 1500m T20 event,^[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.^[1] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.^[5] In 2000, he was a carpenter.^[2]

External links

• Athletics Australia Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mitchell, Paul Graham Frederick, OAM. It's an Honour. 25 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20181018050041/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886948&search_type=quick&showInd=true. 18 October 2018. live.
2. Book: Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. 2000. Australian Paralympic Committee. Sydney.
3. Web site: Paul Mitchell. Athletics Australia Historical Results. 2 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125449/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/athletes/athlete6583.htm. 4 March 2016. dead.
4. Australian Honour Roll. Australian Paralympic Committee. Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. 2010. 10.
5. Web site: Mitchell, Paul Graham: Australian Sports Medal. It's an Honour. 25 January 2012.