Kevin Sullivan (athletics)
- Kevin Sullivan (athletics)
Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974) is a middle distance runner from Canada. He was born in Brantford, Ontario.
Sullivan competes in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represents Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 (set in June 2000) and 3:50.36 for the mile. He is the Canadian record-holder at both distances as well as the indoor 3000 m, 7:40.17 (set February 9 2007). His best Olympic showing is a fifth-place finish at Sydney.
He studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan and married former Canadian national team 3000 m steeplechaser, Karen Harvey. In 2005, he left his long time Michigan coach Ron Warhurst to train under the coaching of Julie Henner. Sullivan was an assistant coach at Michigan in the early 2000s. As of 2004 he was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is now a coach at Florida State University.
Sullivan's father, Richard, is a machinist, and he has two brothers, Darren and Colin. He played hockey and soccer while growing up in Brantford.
In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metre but failed to qualify for the final.
Video Interviews
* [http://www.flocasts.com/flotrack/search.php?q=kevin+sullivan Flotrack.com Videos of Kevin Sullivan]
External links
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* [http://www.athletics.ca/cmslib/general/Sullivan_Kevin2005728112314.pdf "Athletics Canada" profile page for Sullivan]
* [http://www.mensracing.com/athletes/interviews/kevinsullivan.html "mensracing.com" Sullivan interview from 2001]
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