Michael Bingham

Michael Bingham in Barcelona 2010
Personal information
Full name	Michael Allen Oswald Bingham
Nationality	British
Born	(1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (age 38) Sylva, North Carolina, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Men'sathletics
Event(s)	200 metres,400 metres
College team	Wake Forest University
Medal record Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×400m relay World Championships 2009 Berlin 4×400m relay World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 4×400 m relay 2014 Sopot 4×400 m relay European Championships 2014 Zürich 4 × 400 m relay 2010 Barcelona 400 metres 2010 Barcelona 4×400m relay European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg 4×400 m relay Continental Cup 2010 Split 400 m Representing England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 4 × 400 m relay Representing United States Pan American Junior Championships 2005 Windsor Decathlon

Michael Bingham (born 13 April 1986) is an American-born British400 metrestrack and field athlete. The silver medalist in theindividual 400 metres at the 2010 European Championships, his most notable successes came as a long-time member of the Great Britain and England 4 x 400 metre relay squads. A European indoor, European outdoor and Commonwealth Games champion in the long relay, Bingham won medals at every major indoor and outdoor championships available to him,winning Olympic bronze in 2008,World outdoor silver andWorld indoor silver (twice), in addition to the gold medals atEuropean andCommonwealth Games level.

He is one of five children born to British citizen Norris Bingham and Mollissie inSylva, North Carolina. His parents separated when he was young,^[1] and he was raised by his mother, attendingThe McCallie School. Bingham holds the school record in the100 m,200 m, 300IH,4 × 100 m,4 × 200 m,4 × 400 m,110 m hurdles anddecathlon.^[2]

Bingham studied atWake Forest University, and after transferring allegiance on April 30, 2008,^[1] Bingham was part of the Great Britain 4 × 400 m relay team at the2008 Summer Olympics, that came 3rd inBeijing. He ran a personal best of 44.74 in the 400 m semi-finals of2009 World Championships in Athletics, qualifying for the final where he finished 7th. He then wonsilver with the Great Britain 4 × 400 m relay team withConrad Williams,Robert Tobin andMartyn Rooney. He was formerly managed byMichael Johnson.^[3]

On 9 November 2013, he marriedShana Cox, also an American-born sprinter representing Great Britain.^[4]

• Michael Bingham atWorld Athletics
• Team GB Profile

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• People from Sylva, North Carolina
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• Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
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• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
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• World Athletics Championships medalists
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• European Athletics Championships winners
• European Athletics Championships medalists
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• Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
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