Michael

Dickey

Michael Dickey found his love for target shooting while at the Lakeshore Foundation in 2001 on his way to the Paralympic games in Beijing in 2008. He was named to the team in 2006. An avid wheelchair basketball player from 1982 to 1996, Dickey participated in the sport following his rehabilitation after sustaining a T-6 spinal cord injury in an automobile accident in 1979.

Dickey also was a member of the 2010 U.S. Paralympic Shooting team.

Dickey received his bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1991 and then worked for a local bank for the next ten years.

Major Achievements:

• 2008: U.S. Paralympic Team member, Shooting - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
• 2008: Ninth place - International Hessenpokal Competition, Germany
• 2007: Team Member - Open European Championships, Germany
• 2006: Competed in IPC World Championships in Sargans, Switzerland
• 2006: Named to U.S. Paralympics Shooting National Team

Paralympic Experience

• 1-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, 21th (Free Rifle 3x40 SH1 - Men), 41th (Air Rifle Prone SH1 - Open)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2010 – 55th (R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 - Open)
• Years of participation: R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 - Open 2006, 2010; MR1 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 - Men 2006
• Top finish: 24th – 2006 (MR1 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 - Men)