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Paul Mitchell (athlete)

Paul Mitchell
Personal information
Full name Paul Graham Frederick Mitchell
Nationality  Australia
Born 24 October 1970
England


Paul Graham Frederick Mitchell, OAM (born 24 October 1970 in England) is a Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability from Western Australia, Australia.

At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, he won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 m. Competing at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships, he won a gold medal in the Men's 800 m T20. At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, he competed in two events winning a silver medal in the Men's 5000m T20 and twelfth in the Men's 1500 m T20.

He won a gold medal, with a personal best, at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 1500m T20 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal. In 2000, he was a carpenter.


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