Mike McMillen

Michael Rex McMillen (born April 12, 1964, in Las Vegas, Nevada), known as Mike McMillen, is a short track speed skater from New Zealand who has represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games.[1]

Mike McMillen
Personal information
Full nameMichael Rex McMillen
Born (1964-04-12) April 12, 1964
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Sport
Country New Zealand
SportShort track speed skating
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Beijing5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place1992 Denver1000 m
Silver medal – second place1991 Sydney5000 m relay

In the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville, France, he was on the team which came fourth in the 5000m short-track relay event. The team narrowly missed the bronze medal by just 0.7sec. He also was a finalist in the men's 1000m event, again narrowly missing the bronze medal. He broke the world record for the 1000m during 1992.

In the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway he was in the 500m, 1000m and 5000m short-track relay events.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike McMillen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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