Rick Mitchell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Mitchell
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Mar 24, 1955(1955-03-24)
Age	69
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Pisces

Rick Mitchell Biography

Rick Mitchell is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on March 24, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Richard “Rick” Charles Mitchell, an Australian triple Olympian, was born 24 March 1955 in Sydney. He competed in the 400m and 4x400m relay. Mitchell won a Silver Medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won one, two, and one bronze medals at both the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games.

Mitchell completed his first serious build-up in the offseason of 1975. He quickly became the Australian’s leading 400m runner. Mitchell defeated Gee in December 1975.

Two years later Mitchell competed in his first 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where, in extremely windy conditions, and having to run four rounds of 400 metre races in 30 hours he proved too strong for his opponents, taking the individual 400 metre gold medal and anchoring the 4×400 metre relay team to third place.

Mitchell’s silver medal from Moscow remains the last individual men’s running medal won at the Olympic Games by an Australian and the only track and field medal won by an Australian in an eastern bloc country. He then continued to race in Europe, where he frequently met American athletes who had not contested the Olympic Games following America’s boycott of the meeting over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

Mitchell, then nineteen years old, placed second in the Australian 400m title in 1974. He was five days too young to compete in the junior title. His time of 47.7 seconds seemed promising. He was unable to compete in the 1974-75 season due to glandular fever. Mitchell finished second to Steven Gee, New South Wales, even though his personal best was 46.8 seconds.

Rick Mitchell Net Worth

Rick Mitchell is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Mitchell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Russian Viktor Markin won the race in a European record 44.60s. This was the fastest time in the three-season world. Mitchell took the silver medal in 44.84s. This time was 12th fastest ever (full electronic timing), and was also a Commonwealth record. Frank Schaffer, from East Germany, was third and came in at the end of the altitude-influenced Olympics in Mexico City, 1968.

He began his athletic career at seventeen years old. In 1972, he joined Waverley Athletics Club in Melbourne with the goal of improving his physical condition for the next rugby union season. Mitchell met Norm Osborne who coached the St Stephens Harriers after two seasons at Waverley. Mitchell transferred to St Stephens, where he would serve as a coach and an athlete for the rest of his career.

Mitchell was chosen in the Australian team for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and in a competition notable for disappointing Australian performances, he reached the Olympic Final on his international debut, finishing 6th in an Australian record.

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By this time Australia had developed great depth in the 400m, and a solo (but officially timed) 4 x 400m run on a Sunday morning by Peter Van Miltenberg, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan and Mitchell resulted in a new Australian record of 3:02.10. This time ensured that an Australian 4x400m team would be going to the LA Games of 1984, where Mitchell was again named as Australian team captain.

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Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Rick Mitchell celebrates birthday on March 24 of every year.

This was the first time in athletics history that four teams had broken the 3 minute barrier in the same race and Australia placed 4th in a new national record of 2:59.70, which still stands in 2018. It is one second faster than the Australian that finished second in the 4×400m relay final at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.