Birthday: 11/12/96 Mile PR: 3:57.58 - 2016
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:44.39 - 2017
High School: Northport High School ‘15
Hometown: East Northport, NY
College: Suffolk County Community College
Current Residence: East Northport, NY
Team: New York Athletic Club (NYAC)
Mikey Brannigan, a three-time Paralympian, won the 2025 Para Athletics World Championships 1500m in New Delhi, breaking his T20 championship record in 3:50.44.
In 2024, Mikey earned the 1500m bronze medal at the Paris Paralympic Games, crossing the line in 3:49.91.
In 2023, he won the 1500m silver medal at the 2023 Para Athletics World Championships in Paris, running 3:53.50.
In 2016, the inspiring Mile star also won the 1500 meter gold medal at the Rio Paralympic Games. At the Sir Walter Miler, he clocked a 3:57.58 to smash his previous personal record by more than 5 seconds. In doing so, Brannigan, who is on the autism spectrum, became the first person with a T20 Paralympic classification, which refers to intellectual disability, to break the coveted 4 minute mark.
The two-time High School All-American also has earned medals (3 gold, 2 silver) at the World Para Athletics Championships: 800m & 1500m gold and 5000m silver in 2017 and 1500m gold and 5000m silver in 2015.
For 2017, Mikey was named Team USA's Male Paralympic Athlete of the Year.
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2017 USA Paralympic Athlete of the Year and 2016 Paralympic Champion at 800m and 1500m to debut in a USA Championship at the Grand Blue Mile; first sub-4 Miler with autism
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
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Event again hosts USA 1 Mile Road Championships as well as BBTM Grand Prix #Tour2018 opener; Drake Relays event director Blake Boldon discusses 2018 fields, shares what's new for this year and more!
By Bring Back the Mile
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The first person with autism to break 4 minutes in the Mile shows no signs of stopping.
By John Hanc, Runner's World
He’s been profiled on ESPN, on NBC News, and in the Wall Street Journal in the last year alone. But perhaps the apogee of Mikey Brannigan’s career came in September, when he...
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The teen runner with autism won the 1500 meters after leading the entire race in Rio de Janeiro.
By Erin Strout, Runner's World
Mikey Brannigan topped off a stellar 2016 track season on Tuesday with a Paralympic gold medal in the 1500 meters in Rio, where he led the race from beginning to...
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"Mikey wants to inspire all kids to participate in any athletic sport, and wants to continue to be a role model for other people with autism—to show them that there are no limits.”
By Sheri ArbitalJacoby, Great Neck Record
His Facebook page is filled with photos from graduation, the beach and...
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Mikey Brannigan sets a Paralympic world record for the T20 classification.
By Alison Wade, Runner's World
At the Sir Walter Miler meet on Friday, August 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina, 19-year-old Mikey Brannigan finished seventh in the Mile, clocking 3:57.58 to smash his previous personal...
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Brannigan, who was diagnosed with Autism when he was 18 months old, owns a personal best of 4:03.18 for the Mile.
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Mikey Brannigan of Newport, N.Y. will represent the New York Athletic Club in Sunday's 5th Avenue Mile.
Brannigan, who was diagnosed with Autism when he was 18...
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Brannigan's success may pave way for others
By Doug Binder, DyeStat.com
NEW YORK -- There has been no slowing Michael Brannigan since they day he found organized running.
The 17-year-old junior from Northport, N.Y., diagnosed with autism as a toddler, is qualified for the New Balance Boys...
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