Michael McCreadie

Michael McCreadie, born on 16 March 1946, is a British Paralympian who has competed and won medals in lawn bowls and wheelchair curling. His disability was caused by poliomyelitis, which he contracted in 1947. He made his Paralympic debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg as a swimmer and won two bronze medals in lawn bowls at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, where he also competed in swimming and wheelchair basketball. He captained the British wheelchair basketball team at the 1980 Games and coached it at the 1988 and 1992 Games. In 2001 he took up wheelchair curling at his local rink at Braehead and went on to play in the Scotland rink that won World Wheelchair Curling Championship gold in 2004 and 2005, and a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. He skipped the British team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and carried the British flag in the opening ceremony.