Michelle Kelly (pentathlete)

Michelle Kelly
Kelly with daughter in 2012
Personal information
Born 1978 (age 39–40)[1]
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[2]
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon
Club U.S. Army
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Pan American Championships
2005 Individual
Kelly in 2012

Michelle "Mickey" Kelly (born c. 1978) is an American pentathlete who won bronze medals at the 2005 Pan American Championships and 2007 Pan American Games.[2]

Kelly is the daughter of Michael and Betsy Kelly. She has six brothers (Jamie, Chris, Casey, Josh, Al and Zilla) and three sisters (Sara, Emilie and Jessinia). In 1996 she graduated from Chatham High School in Chatham, New York, where she trained in cross-country running, basketball and American football, as the only girl on the boys football team. In 2000, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in teaching from Cortland College. There she took running and swimming and was named the Cortland College Athlete of the Year in 2000.[2]

Kelly is a U.S. Army captain, and was deployed to Iraq from February to December 2009. She is married and has a daughter born on November 6, 2011; she resumed top-level competitions just four months after giving birth, and continued low-intensity training throw most of her pregnancy period.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Tim Warsinskey (March 23, 2012) New mother Mickey Kelly excels in return as modern pentathlete. cleveland.com
  2. 1 2 3 Michelle Kelly Pentathlon. teamusa.org
  3. ↑ Tim Hipps (March 12, 2012) Army athlete makes World Cup final only 4 months after giving birth. army.mil
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