Michael East (athlete)

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Commonwealth Games
Competitor for  England
Gold	2002 Manchester	1.500 metres

Michael John East (born 20 January 1978 in Reading, England) is a retired middle distance athlete. His best result came in winning the 1500 metres gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. As of 2009 he is the last British male to win a major 1500m title.^[1]

He has also had some success in the IAAF European Cup finishing second and third in 2002 and 2003 respectively at the same distance. He nearly added to his medal tally when finishing third at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary only to find himself disqualified for interfering with the run of the Kenyan Laban Rotich.

He reached the final of the 1500m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing in 6th place. He was the only British male at those Games to reach an individual athletics final on the track. He was a semi-finalist at the 2005 IAAF World Championships but missed the most of the 2006 and 2007 seasons because of a knee injury. As a result, in November 2007 he had his lottery funding removed, making it much harder for him to return to top rank competition. He had to rely on financial support from two Portsmouth companies.^[1] East called the decision by UK Athletics "crazy" and "shortsighted."^[2] He returned to compete at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships but was not selected for the squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics as he could finish only 8th in the trials held in July. He announced his retirement on 8 September 2008.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Collins gone but repercussions still being felt as East retires". Inside the Games. 7 September 2008. http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=3470. Retrieved 13 May 2009. 
2. ^ Broadbent, Rick (2008-03-06). "Rubber-band man Michael East bounces back". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article3492044.ece. Retrieved 14 August 2008. 

External links

• British Olympic Association profile

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Name	East, Michael
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Short description	British athlete
Date of birth	20 January 1978
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