Name: Mikey Brannigan

Sport: Track and Field

Discipline(s): Track and Field

Event(s): 1,500-meter

Classification: T20

Height: 5-11

Weight: 152

DOB: 11/12/1996

Birthplace: Huntington, N.Y.

Hometown: Northport, N.Y.

High School: Northport High School (Northport, New York) ‘15

College: Suffolk County Community College

Team/Club: New York Athletic Club

Coach(es): Sonja Robinson

Paralympic Experience

• Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020); One-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (1,500-meter)
• Paralympic Games Rio 2016, gold (1,500-meter)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – 14th (1,500-meter)
• Years of Participation: 2015, 2017, 2019
• Medals: 5 (3 gold, 2 silver)
• Gold – 2017 (800-meter, 1500-meter), 2015 (1500-meter)
• Silver – 2017 (5000-meter), 2015 (5000-meter)

Other Career Highlights

• Named in 2015 as Sports Illustrated’s February High School Athlete of the Month
• Two-time High School All-American
• Became the first Paralympic ambulatory athlete to break the four-minute mile barrier

Personal: Son of Kevin and Edie Brannigan...Has one older brother Patrick and one younger brother Thomas...Diagnosed with Autism at the age of three...Began running as a member of the Rolling Thunder Special Needs Program, a non-profit organization that helps to train mentally and physically disabled athletes...Moved up to his high school varsity teams as an eighth grader...His favorite book is “Pre: The Story of Steve Prefontaine” and "Meb for Mortals"...Hobbies include traveling, fishing with his dad, going to the beach and going to the movies...He enjoys listening to hip-hop and rock music...Member of the New York Athletic Club, the home to other elite athletes such as 2014 Boston Marathon winner Meb Keflezighi.