Michael Shelley (athlete)
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| Born | 10 October 1983 |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
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 Australia
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Marathon |
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Michael Shelley (born 10 October 1983) is an Australian long-distance runner who competes in track events and road races. He won a gold medal in the marathon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He has also represented Australia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. On the road, he has won at the Gold Coast Half Marathon and the City2Surf race in Sydney.
Born in Southport, Queensland, Shelley made his first international appearance at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He had set a career best of 9:08.28 for the 3000 metres steeplechase earlier that year but did not manage to progress beyond the heats at the competition. He soon changed his focus to the 1500 metres instead and set a personal best of 3:39.90 before going on to take third at the 2003 Australian Athletics Championships. He also ran in the short race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
He emerged in the senior ranks in 2007, finishing in 65th place at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and running a 3000 metres best time of 7:59.59. He began moving into longer distance events in 2008 and, after placing 50th over 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he won the half marathon event at the Gold Coast Marathon in July, recording a time of 1:02:41. He earned selection for the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and he was the region's best performer with a sixteenth-place finish. At the end of the year he competed in the 10,000 metres at the Zatopek Classic in Melbourne and finished in third place with a time of 28:08.96.
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