Michael Bingham (born 13 April 1986) is a British
400 metres track and field
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athlete.
He is one of five children born to British citizen Norris Bingham and Mollissie in
Sylva, North Carolina. His parents separated when he was young,
and he was raised by his mother, attending
The McCallie School
The McCallie School is a boys college-preparatory school located on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The school was founded in 1905 and now has 250 boarding students in grades 9–12 and 669 day students in grades 6–12 ...
. Bingham holds the school record in the
100 m,
200 m, 300IH,
4 × 100 m,
4 × 200 m,
4 × 400 m
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Four is the smallest c ...
,
110 m hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...
and
decathlon.
Bingham studied at
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...
, and after transferring allegiance on April 30, 2008,
Bingham was part of the Great Britain 4 × 400 m relay team at the
2008 Summer Olympics, that came 3rd in
Beijing
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. He ran a personal best of 44.74 in the 400 m semi-finals of
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...
, qualifying for the final where he finished 7th. He then won
silver
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with the Great Britain 4 × 400 m relay team with
Conrad Williams,
Robert Tobin and
Martyn Rooney
Martyn Joseph Rooney (born 3 April 1987) is an English Sprint (running), sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He reached the 400 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 4×400 metres relay. A mainstay on the a ...
. He was formerly managed by
Michael Johnson.
On 9 November 2013, he married
Shana Cox
Shana Amanda Cox (born January 22, 1985) is an American-born track and field athlete, who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011. She specialises in the 200 metres and 400 metres.
Cox was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents of ...
, also an American-born sprinter representing Great Britain.
IAAF Relays bio
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References
External links
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Team GB Profile
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1986 births
Living people
People from Sylva, North Carolina
Track and field athletes from North Carolina
American male sprinters
British male sprinters
English male sprinters
Olympic male sprinters
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
British Athletics Championships winners
American people of British descent
Wake Forest University alumni
Commonwealth Games competitors for England