Michael McKay

Mike or Michael McKay may refer to:

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Mike McKay (rower)

Michael Scott McKay, OAM (born 30 September 1964), commonly known as Mike McKay, is an Australian rower and a four-time Olympic medalist. He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne.

Biography

In 1990, McKay, with Nick Green, Sam Patten, James Tomkins began racing the coxless four. Their success was immediate. They won the 1990 and 1991 World Rowing Championships. And with Andrew Cooper replacing Sam Patten, they followed up with a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The crew's success gained them the nickname Oarsome Foursome.

The boat repeated its Gold medal performance at the 1996 Summer Olympics, this time with Drew Ginn replacing Andrew Cooper.

In 1998, McKay, with the other members of the Oarsome Foursome, teamed to win the coxless four, and McKay with Drew Ginn placed second in the coxless pair. In 1999, the boat would go on to try out, but lose the 1999 Australian selection trials in the four without. Nick Green retired, Tomkins and Ginn decided to switch to the coxless pairs, and McKay tried out for the Australian eight which ended up finishing seventh at the World Championships.

Mike McKay (ice hockey)

Mike McKay (born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

McKay played major junior hockey in the QMJHL before attending Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia.

McKay commenced his professional career with the 1999-2000 New Mexico Scorpions of the Western Professional Hockey League, using the opportunity of a five-game mid-season tryout agreement to impress the team's coach, Tony Martino, into keeping McKay for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs.

McKay went on to play five seasons of professional hockey, including two seasons (2000 to 2002) with the Fort Wayne Komets of the United Hockey League, where he scored 64 goals and 46 assists for 110 points, while earning 132 penalty minutes, in 131 games played. McKay retired following the 2003–04 season during which he played 20 games in the ECHL with the Texas Wildcatters.

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