Michael McCreadie

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| name = Michael McCreadie

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|3|16}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

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| sport = Swimming
Lawn bowls
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair curling

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{{Medal|Sport| Lawn bowls}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1976 Toronto | Singles wh}}

{{MedalBronze | 1976 Toronto | Pairs wh}}

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{{MedalSport | Wheelchair curling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Winter Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Torino | Mixed competition }}}}

Michael McCreadie (born 16 March 1946 in Glasgow) is a Paralympian with successes in lawn bowls and wheelchair curling. He made his debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg as a swimmer.{{cite web |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/story_print.html?id=2686493&sponsor= |title=Paralympic wheelchair curling: Britain's McCreadie, 64, has participated in 7 Paralympics |last1=Little |first1=Lyndon |date=16 March 2010 |website=The StarPhoenix |accessdate=16 March 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003151717/https://thestarphoenix.com/story_print.html?id=2686493&sponsor= |archivedate=2018-10-03 }} He won two bronze medals in lawn bowls at the 1976 Summer Paralympics. He also competed in swimming and wheelchair basketball at the same Games and captained the British wheelchair basketball team at the 1980 Summer Paralympics. After that he coached the British wheelchair basketball team[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/4776988.stm BBC] at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics.

In 2001 he took up wheelchair curling after trying the sport at his local rink at Braehead. He was part of the Scotland rink which won a bronze at the 2002{{cite web |url=http://paralympics.channel4.com/competitions/sochi-2014-winter-paralympics/news/newsid=1239359/index.html |title=How to get involved in wheelchair curling |last1=McCreadie |first1=Michael |date=10 March 2014 |publisher=Channel 4 |accessdate=16 March 2014}} and 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, gold at the 2004 and 2005 World Championship,{{cite web |url=http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/news/othernews/paralympicsgb_announce_team_to_compete_in_wheelchair_curling_at_2010_paralympic_winter_games/ |title=ParalympicsGB announce team to compete in wheelchair curling at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games |author= |date=13 January 2010 |website=Sportscotland |accessdate=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316215043/http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/news/othernews/paralympicsgb_announce_team_to_compete_in_wheelchair_curling_at_2010_paralympic_winter_games/ |archive-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} and was on the silver medal-winning team at the 2006 Winter Paralympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604181913/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article742903.ece Times Online] He was the skip for the British team in Wheelchair curling at the 2010 Winter Paralympics[http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/02/03/manual_121340.html Sporting Life] and carried the British flag in the opening ceremony.

His disability was caused by poliomyelitis, which he contracted in 1947.[http://www.britishcurling.com/athletes.asp?athleteid=9&name=Michael-McCreadie British curling]

His partner is former teammate and successor as skip of the British Paralympic rink Aileen Neilson.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/athlete-aileen-neilson |title=Athletes: Aileen Neilson |author= |website=Sochi2014 |accessdate=15 March 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319225919/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/athlete-aileen-neilson |url-status=dead }}