| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2004 Nagano | Sprint |
| Bronze | 2004 Seoul | 500 m |
| Bronze | 2002 | Sprint |
| Gold | 2001 | Sprint |
| Bronze | 2000 | Sprint |
| Silver | 2000 | 500 m |
| Bronze | 2000 | 1000 m |
Michael ("Mike") Ireland (born 3 January 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a long track speed skater. Mike Ireland specialises in the sprint distances (the 500 m and the 1,000 m). He participated in the 500 m at the 1994 Winter Olympics (finishing 26th), the 500 m (6th) and 1,000 m (14th) at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 500 m (7th) at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Ireland was the 2001 World Sprint Champion, while winning several more medals at several World Championships (see the next section), and he also set a world record on the 1,000 m (only to be broken 8 days later by compatriot Jeremy Wotherspoon).
Medals
An overview of medals won by Ireland at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
World records
Over the course of his career, Ireland skated one world record:
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 m | 1:08.34 | 3 March 2001 | Calgary |
