Micky Yule

Michael Yule (born 24 December 1978) is a British Paralympic powerlifter competing in the -80 kg class. In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 72 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Micky won Bronze in the Men's Heavyweight category.

Personal history Yule was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1978. He grew up in Wallyford, East Lothian.

Yule joined the British Army at the age of 17 and in 2007 he was working as a diving instructor at the Defence Diving School on Horsea Island, Port Solent, for three years before being posted to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan he was a staff sergeant in the Royal Engineers and was posted to Helmand province. In March 2010, whilst on patrol, Yule stood on an IED.

Powerlifting career Yule was a member of the Army Powerlifting team before his injury, and took up powerlifting as part of his rehabilitation.