Kevin Sullivan (athletics)
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Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974 in Brantford, Ontario) is a middle distance runner from Canada.
Sullivan competes in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represents Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 (set in June 2000) and 3:50.36 for the mile. He is the Canadian record-holder at both distances as well as the indoor 3000 m, 7:40.17 (set February 9, 2007). His best Olympic showing is a fifth-place finish at Sydney.
He studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan and married former Canadian national team 3000 m steeplechaser, Karen Harvey. In 2005, he left his long time Michigan coach Ron Warhurst to train under the coaching of Julie Henner. Sullivan was an assistant coach at Michigan in the early 2000s. As of 2004 he was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sullivan's father, Richard, is a machinist, and he has two brothers, Darren and Colin. He played hockey and soccer while growing up in Brantford.
[edit] Video Interviews
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Kevin Sullivan
- Athletics Canada profile page for Sullivan
- mensracing.com Sullivan interview from 2001
