Mike Ireland
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{{MedalBronze|2004 Nagano|Sprint}}
{{MedalBronze|2004 Seoul|500 m}}
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'''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]]:
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!Distance!!Time!!Date!!Location
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|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]
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[[Category:Olympic speed skaters of Canada]]
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[[Category:Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
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