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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Kevin Sullivan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|20}}
| birth_place = [[Brantford, Ontario]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Michigan]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 147
| country = [[Canada]]
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[1500 m]], [[Mile run|Mile]]
| universityteam = [[Michigan Wolverines]]
| coaching = [[Michigan Wolverines men's track and field|Michigan Wolverines]]
| pb = {{ubl
|'''[[1500 m]]''': 3:31.71 '''[[List of Canadian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 3:50.26 '''[[List of Canadian records in athletics|NR]]'''
}}
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Track and field]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]]|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Athletics U20 Championships|World Junior Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1992 Seoul]]|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
}}

'''Kevin Sullivan''' (born March 20, 1974) is a retired [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]] who holds the [[List of Canadian records in athletics|Canadian records]] in the [[1500 metres|1500 m]] and the [[mile]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/kevin-sullivan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/kevin-sullivan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Kevin Sullivan|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> Since 2014, he has served as the head coach of the track and field and cross country teams at his [[alma mater]], the [[University of Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Men's Track Roster - Michigan Men's Track |url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-track/mtt/mich-m-track-mtt.html |access-date=2016-08-20 |website=MGoBlue.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sullivan studied civil engineering at the [[University of Michigan]] where he had 14 All-American honours and won 4 [[NCAA]] titles (one relay and 3 individual).<ref>{{cite web |author=Adam Oestreich |url=http://www.flotrack.org/speaker/59-Kevin-Sullivan |title=Kevin Sullivan |website=FloTrack.org |access-date=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014040/http://www.flotrack.org/speaker/59-Kevin-Sullivan |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sulivan's father, Richard, is a machinist. He has two brothers, Darren and Colin. He played hockey and soccer while growing up in Brantford. Kevin is Married to Ilora Cipolat a former track and field Coach at [[West Virginia University]]. Kevin and Ilora are the parents of Cian Sullivan. The couple reside live in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]

==Athletics career==
Sullivan competed in 1000 metres, 1500 metres, and mile events and represented [[Canada]]. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 (set in June 2000) and 3:50.36 for the mile. He is the former Canadian record-holder for the indoor 3000 m, 7:40.17 (set February 9, 2007).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athletics.ca/profile_new.asp?pID=4646 |title=Profiles - Kevin Sullivan |access-date=2 June 2011 |publisher=Athletics Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928053021/http://www.athletics.ca/profile_new.asp?pID=4646 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> His best Olympic showing is a fifth-place finish at [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney]]. In 2005, he left his longtime Michigan coach, [[Ron Warhurst]], to train under the coaching of [[Juli Henner]]. In the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Sullivan reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metres but failed to qualify for the final.<ref name="SportsRef"/> Sullivan was also a torchbearer for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], carrying the torch into [[Brantford, Ontario|Brantford]].

Sullivan was an assistant coach at Michigan in the early 2000s. He was a volunteer assistant coach at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] and a coach at [[Florida State University]].

Sullivan has been named one of the greatest Canadian distance runners of all time, concerning his placings in international competition, having competed at 3 Olympic Games, 22 World Championships (outdoors, indoors, and cross country), and still holding 4 [[Canadian records in track and field|Canadian track and field records]] including 3 outdoor and 1 indoor.

===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Best
! Location
! Date
|-
| [[800 metres]]
| 1:47.06
| Baton Rouge, LA, United States
| 1 January 1995
|-
| [[1000 metres]]
| 2:17.59
| Athens, Greece
| 28 June 2000
|-
| [[1500 metres]]
| 3:31.71
| Rome, Italy
| 30 June 2000
|-
| [[Mile]]
| 3:50.26
| Oslo, Norway
| 28 July 2000
|-
| [[2000 metres]]
| 5:04.35
| Gateshead, England
| 19 July 1998
|-
| [[3000 metres]]
| 7:41.61
| Stockholm, Sweden
| 22 July 2008
|-
| [[5000 metres]]
| 13:19.27
| Walnut, CA, United States
| 13 April 2007
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/canada/kevin-sullivan-2794#personal-bests |title=Kevin Sullivan | Profile |website=Iaaf.org |access-date=2016-08-20}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Sullivan is the men's distance & cross country head coach at [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-xc/spec-rel/071714aad.html |title=Former Wolverine Sullivan Named Next Michigan Head Coach - Michigan Men's Cross Country |website=MGoBlue.com |access-date=2016-08-20}}</ref> In his first year, the Michigan Wolverines qualified for the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championships under his leadership.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shryack |first=Lincoln |url=http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251721-D1-NCAA-XC-Championships-2014/video/753938-Kevin-Sullivans-first-year-at-Michigan-a-success |title=Kevin Sullivan's first year at Michigan a success |website=FloTrack.org |date=2014-11-22 |access-date=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709104702/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251721-D1-NCAA-XC-Championships-2014/video/753938-Kevin-Sullivans-first-year-at-Michigan-a-success |archive-date=2015-07-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kevin took this position in 2014, after years of successful coaching at [[Florida State University]] where he assisted his wife coaching the women's distance team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-sullivan/13/646/104 |title=Kevin Sullivan | LinkedIn |website=www.linkedin.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150430025111/https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-sullivan/13/646/104 |archive-date=30 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Kevin also coached at [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]].

==See also==
* [[Canadian records in track and field]]
* [[Michigan Wolverines men's track and field]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}

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