Background
Mickey was born on 8 June 1990 at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. He was born with a very rare medical condition called Lumbar Sacral Spinal Agenesis Congenital Paraplegia which falls under the Caudal regression syndrome medical category.
Mickey was born on 8 June 1990 at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. He was born with a very rare medical condition called Lumbar Sacral Spinal Agenesis Congenital Paraplegia which falls under the Caudal regression syndrome medical category.
He weighed in at 6 pounds 4 ounces (28 kg). In Mickey"s case this means he is ‘missing’ seven vertebrae from the lower part of the back just above the coccyx or tailbone. He has no stomach muscle control, his legs and hips float at the bottom of his body and have never really developed.
Doctors initionally told Mickey’s parents that Mickey would probably never used his legs or be able to sit up on his own.
But Mickey surprised everyone when he started crawling around, and eventually walking on his hands in a handstand position. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.
Bushell also holds British Records for the T53 class in the 100m 200m 400m 800m and the European T53 class 100m
On 19 June 2009, Bushell set a new 100m T53 world record in Ibach, Switzerland, beating the old record by three one-hundredths of a second. He added further silverware to his collection in 2014 at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea where he claimed gold in the T53 100m.
He picked up a silver medal in the 200m in wet and windy conditions but was just edged out of the medals in the 800m behind his teammate, Moatez Jomni.
Bushell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.