Micky Yule
 Yule after winning gold at the Invictus Games | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
| Born |
24 December 1978 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||
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| Coached by |
Tom Whittaker (national) Neil Crosbie (personal) | ||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2016 Rio | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael "Micky" Yule (born 24 December 1978) is a British Paralympic powerlifter competing in the -80 kg class.
Personal history
Yule was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1978.[1][2] He grew up in Musselburgh, Midlothian.[3]
Yule joined the British Army at the age of 17 and in 2007 he was working as a diving instructor at the Defence Diving School on Horsea Island, Port Solent, for three years before being posted to Afghanistan.[4][5] In Afghanistan he was a staff sergeant in the Royal Engineers and was posted to Helmand province.[6] In March 2010, whilst on patrol, Yule stood on an IED.[5]
Powerlifting career
Yule was a member of the Army weightlifting team before his injury, and took up powerlifting as part of his rehabilitation. [1] In 2012 he attended his first competitive powerlifting games, representing Great Britain at an international event in Cardiff.[1] He then took part in his first major international competition, the European Championships where he finished fourth in the 72 kg category.[1] This was followed by a trip to Dubai to take part in the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, finishing fourth in his division. 2014 also saw Yule compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, competing for Scotland in the Men's +72 kg division. He finished fourth.
In the build-up to the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, Yule started to find competition success. At the 2015 European Championships in Eger, he took the gold medal in the men's 80kg category. He followed this with another gold, this time at the 2016 Invictus Games, lifting a personal best of 190 kg to dominate the competition.[6] His results saw him named as part of the Great Britain team that would compete in Rio that Summer.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Yule, Micky". IPC. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Eger 2015: Powerlifting - Entry List by NPC" (PDF). IPC. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ Philp, Myra (11 August 2010). "I was looking for IEDs. As you can see, I found one". thescottishsun.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Soldier loses legs in Afghan blast". portsmouth.co.uk. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- 1 2 Greechan, John (16 May 2014). "Micky Yule's story is filled with horror and heartache. But it is also a tale of heroes... and of an unconquerable soul". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Paralympian Micky Yule wins Britain's first Invictus Games gold medal". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Paralympic Games: Great Britain's team for Rio 2016". BBC Sport. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.