Michael Arthur Rawson (26 May 1934 - 26 October 2000) was a track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 athlete, who represented Great Britain

Great Britain

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 in the men's 800 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

 in Melbourne, Australia. He won the gold medal in that event, two years later at the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
Later that year he won a Bronze meadel in the 800 metres at the Commonwealth games. He represented Birchfield Harries and on his retirement from the sport spent many years coaching at Birchfield and working as an athletics reporter for the BBC and local newspapers.

Mike worked for the British Olympic Association at a number of Olympic games.

He died after a short illness on 26 October 2000 in Birmingham.