the lower end of his body. In 2007, during his preparations for the Paralympic games in Beijing, Bushell began having recurrent kidney infection necessitating a nephrectomy. Despite this potentially career ending condition just three months after the operation he recorded a personal best in the 100m to qualify for the Beijing Paralympics, where he won a silver in the T53. Shoulder and elbow injuries in 2013 and 2014 further threatened his career, but despite this he still managed to claim silver at the IPC World Championships in Lyon and two medals at the IPC European Championships in Swansea. Recurrent urinary tract infections in 2015 culminated in life-threatening septicaemia. At the time this was incorrectly reported by the BBC as a chlamydia infection. He subsequently made a complete recovery, although his training was significantly set back the seven month recuperation period. Awards and honors After winning gold in London 2012 Bushell was honored with a golden postbox in his home town of Telford. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics. Personal life Bushell lives in Telford where he works as a body language coach. See also 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes References External links Mickey Bushells home page Paralympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain British male sprinters Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire 1990 births World record holders in Paralympic athletics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics People with caudal regression syndrome People from Telford Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)