Tinsley at the 2012 London Olympics
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Nickname(s) | Mike.T | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Little Rock, Arkansas |
April 21, 1984 ||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Round Rock, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft (1.8 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400m Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
University team | Jackson State Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Darryl Woodson | ||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) |
200m: 20.66s (Oxford 2009) 400m: 46.05s (Greensboro 2007) 400mh: 47.70s (Moscow 2013) |
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Medal record
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Updated on 15 August 2013. |
Michael Tinsley (born April 21, 1984 in Round Rock, Texas) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. 8 May 2015, he became father of a little boy named Titus Maximus Tinsley with sprinter Nia Ali, a silver medalist at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Tinsley, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, was born on April 21, 1984. He attended Little Rock's Joe T. Robinson High School and Jackson State University.
Tinsley achieved a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles in 2007 with a time of 48.02 seconds. He placed third at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 48.46 seconds. He won the 400-meter hurdles event at the 2012 US Olympic Trials with a time of 48.33 seconds and earned a spot on the US Olympic team.
Tinsley won his first heat in the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympics in 49.13 seconds. He then won his semifinal in a season best time of 48.13 seconds. On August 6, 2012 Tinsley won silver at the 2012 London Olympics in the 400 meters hurdles, in a new personal best time of 47.91. In 2013, Tinsley followed up his silver medal at the London Olympics with a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.