Michael Bingham

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Bingham in Barcelona 2010

Michael Allen Oswald Bingham (born April 13, 1986 in Sylva , North Carolina ) is a British athlete who won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships with the 4-by-400-meter relay .

Bingham was born in the United States and was US decathlon youth champion in 2005, but then switched to the sprint courses. The Wake Forest University student reached the semi-finals in the 400-meter run at the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association championships . Since Bingham's father is a British citizen and Michael Bingham therefore also has British citizenship, the British Association nominated him for his Olympic team. At the 2008 Olympic Games , Andrew Steele , Robert Tobin , Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney ran in the season finale 2: 58.81 minutes and took third place.

A year later, Bingham started at the 2009 World Championships in the individual competition. In the semifinals, he increased his personal best to 44.74 seconds; in the final he finished seventh in 45.56 seconds. The British relay with Conrad Williams , Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin and Martyn Rooney took second place behind the US runners, in 3: 00.53 minutes the relay won silver ahead of the Australian relay.

In March 2013, he won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden .

At a height of 1.83 meters, his competition weight is 75 kilograms.

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Commons : Michael Bingham  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Bingham, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bingham, Michael Allen Oswald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Sylva (North Carolina)