Michael Shuey

{{short description|American javelin thrower}}

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Michael Shuey (born February 2, 1994){{Cite web|title=Michael Shuey|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-track-and-field/athletes/Michael-Shuey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706180630/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-track-and-field/athletes/Michael-Shuey|archive-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|website=Team USA}} is an American track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. In 2019, he competed in the men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web|title=Men's javelin throw - Qualification|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-JT-M-q----.RS6.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005185149/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-JT-M-q----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=October 5, 2019|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=IAAF}} He did not qualify to compete in the final.

Early life

He grew up in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, United States.

Career

In 2019, he competed in the men's javelin throw at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.{{cite web|title=Men's javelin throw − Final − Results|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73S_ATHMJAVELIN-----------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=www.lima2019.pe|publisher=Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL)|accessdate=10 Aug 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811072255/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73S_ATHMJAVELIN-----------FNL-000100--.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2019|url-status=dead}} He finished in 4th place.

He has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite news|last=Collegian|first=Nate Lather {{!}} The Daily|title=Looking at the 16 current and former Penn State athletes named to 2020 Tokyo Olympics|language=en|work=The Daily Collegian|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sports/looking-at-the-16-current-and-former-penn-state-athletes-named-to-2020-tokyo-olympics/article_56f8ccf8-df82-11eb-88e9-ef19c2253365.html|access-date=2021-07-08}}

See also

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