Mike Ireland 4079664 216381568 2008-06-01T11:27:46Z Katharineamy 2590656 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/203.22.239.69|203.22.239.69]] ([[User talk:203.22.239.69|talk]]) to last version by Eivindbot {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Nagano|Sprint}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Seoul|500 m}} {{MedalBronze|2002|Sprint}} {{MedalGold|2001|Sprint}} {{MedalBronze|2000|Sprint}} {{MedalSilver|2000|500 m}} {{MedalBronze|2000|1000 m}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Michael ("Mike") Ireland''' (born [[3 January]] [[1974]] in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], [[Canada]]) is a long track [[Speed skating|speed skater]]. Mike Ireland specialises in the sprint distances (the 500 m and the 1,000 m). He participated in the 500 m at the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] (finishing 26th), the 500 m (6th) and 1,000 m (14th) at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] and the 500 m (7th) at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]. Ireland was the 2001 [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Champion]], while winning several more medals at several World Championships (see the next section), and he also set a world record on the 1,000 m (only to be broken 8 days later by compatriot [[Jeremy Wotherspoon]]). ==Medals== An overview of medals won by Ireland at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each: ==World records== Over the course of his career, Ireland skated one [[List of speed skating records|world record]]: {| class="wikitable" |- !Distance!!Time!!Date!!Location |- align="right" |1,000 m||1:08.34||[[3 March]] [[2001]]||align="left"|[[Olympic Oval|Calgary]] |} ==References== *[http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/415 Mike Ireland at SkateResults.com] *[http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=262 Photos of Mike Ireland] {{Canada-sport-bio-stub}} {{speed-skating-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland, Mike}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian speed skaters]] [[Category:Manitoba sportspeople]] [[Category:People from Winnipeg]] [[Category:Olympic speed skaters of Canada]] [[Category:Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[de:Mike Ireland]] [[nl:Mike Ireland]] [[no:Mike Ireland]] [[sv:Mike Ireland]]