Boccia player Dan Michel is a Paralympic champion in the making.
At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Dan became the first Australian athlete to compete in boccia at the Paralympic Games in 16 years. Although he absorbed as much experience as he could, he has always been focussed on winning a Paralympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Dan’s relentless pursuit is evident to all those around him and his improvement as a player is matched only by his desire to turn his dream of Paralympic glory into reality.
In an unbelievable start to his international career, Dan first represented Australia at the 2013 BISFed Asia and Oceania Boccia Championships in Sydney, NSW, where he placed fifth in the mixed individual BC3 and qualified for the 2014 BISFed Boccia World Championships in Beijing, China. An international debut is a major life event for anyone, but for Dan, that …
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Boccia player Dan Michel is a Paralympic champion in the making.
At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Dan became the first Australian athlete to compete in boccia at the Paralympic Games in 16 years. Although he absorbed as much experience as he could, he has always been focussed on winning a Paralympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Dan’s relentless pursuit is evident to all those around him and his improvement as a player is matched only by his desire to turn his dream of Paralympic glory into reality.
In an unbelievable start to his international career, Dan first represented Australia at the 2013 BISFed Asia and Oceania Boccia Championships in Sydney, NSW, where he placed fifth in the mixed individual BC3 and qualified for the 2014 BISFed Boccia World Championships in Beijing, China. An international debut is a major life event for anyone, but for Dan, that day was significant for another reason as well – just half an hour earlier, he had sat an exam for his Higher School Certificate.
Since the Paralympic Games, Dan has improved out of sight. He won his first individual gold medal in international competition at the 2017 BISFed World Open in Kansas, USA, and followed it with a silver and bronze medal at the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships in Liverpool, England, to end 2018 ranked third in the world in the mixed individual BC3 and mixed pairs BC3 with Australian teammate Spencer Cotie.
There are now less than 500 days to go until Tokyo 2020. Dan is in the form of his life, and with the help of his ramp assistant Ash McClure, all roads lead to gold.
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