Michael Shine

Michael Lyle "Mike" Shine (born September 19, 1953[1] in Youngsville, Pennsylvania[2]) is a former United States Olympic athlete.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, he earned the silver medal in the 400 m men's hurdles, behind Edwin Moses, who set the world record and effectively opened a new chapter in the event in that race.

Leroy Walker, the Coach of the '76 Team, was shocked when he asked me what step pattern I used and I told him fifteen all the way.

He said, 'You can't possibly run the kind of splits that you need to be competitive at this level.'

[1] Shine served as an assistant track coach at the United States Military Academy under John Randolph for a few years beginning in 1977.