Michael Rimmer

For the film character played by Peter Cook, see The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer.

Medal record
Michael Rimmer in second position during the 800 metres final at the 2010 European Championships
Men’s athletics
Competitor for  United Kingdom
European Championships
Silver	2010 Barcelona	800 m

Michael Alan Rimmer (born February 3, 1986) 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.^[1]

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.^[2] This places him 6th on the "UK all time list" and is the fastest by any British athlete in over 17 years.^[3]

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.

References

1. ^ http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_115174.htm
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8953595.stm
3. ^ http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mb99.htm

External links

• IAAF profile for Michael Rimmer
• Profile at Sports-Reference.com

Persondata
Name	Rimmer, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	British athlete
Date of birth	February 3, 1986
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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