Paul McKee

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Paul "Junior" McKee (born October 15, 1977) in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish sprint athlete. He has represented Ireland many times in international competition, including being a member of the Irish 4 x 400 metres relay team at the Sydney Olympics. He has also represented Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games.

Paul is the Irish record holder over 400 metres outdoors and former record holder indoors. The outdoor time of 45.58 s was recorded in winning the 2002 Irish Championships, with the indoor record (45.99 s) being set when tied for third position with Britain's Jamie Baulch in the 400m final at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, which stood for close to four years before being bettered by European Indoor Champion David Gillick in February 2007.

Recently, McKee was a competitor at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, where he failed to progress beyond the first round of the 400 metres in somewhat controversial circumstances. Paul recorded a time of 46.48 s, but later claimed his race preparation had been disturbed by multieventer athletes.