Mike Cassidy (spearfisher) explained

Mike Cassidy
Sport:Spearfishing
Event:Individual, Team

Michael Cassidy is a Guamanian spearfisher.

Career

At the 2014 and 2018 Micronesian Games, he won gold medals as part of the team events, the latter of which he won as a safety diver.[1] [2] He also came fourth in the individual spearfishing event at the 2018 games.[3]

As a member of the Marianas Yacht Club, he stated in April 2023 that he is working on developing a youth sailing program in Guam that can compete at the 2027 Pacific Games and has applied for the Guam Sailing Federation to be re-added to the Guam National Olympic Committee.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results - 2014 Micronesian Games - Spearfishing. GameDay. September 8, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240908104637/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-10460-0-0-0&sID=332460. September 8, 2024. live.
  2. Web site: Team Guam at the Micronesian Games in Yap. USA Today. September 12, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240912194350/https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/sports/2018/07/17/team-guam-at-the-micronesian-games-in-yap/36926725/. September 12, 2024. live.
  3. Web site: Micronesian Games: Guam medals in individual spearfishing, 10,000-meter runs. Jojo Santo. Tomas. USA Today. July 16, 2018. September 8, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240908202410/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/07/16/micronesian-games-guam-medals-individual-spearfishing-10-000-meter-runs/787265002/. September 8, 2024. live.
  4. Web site: Cassidy will help bring back youth sailing. Jojo Santo. Tomas. April 4, 2023. Pacific Daily News.