Matthew Silcocks

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Matthew Silcocks
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2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Silcocks
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
BornMathew Silcocks
(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 33)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportParalympic athletics
ClubKnox Athletics Club
TeamStraya

Matthew Silcocks (born 5 May 1993) is an Australian athletics competitor. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. He finished sixth in the 1500m, in a time of 3:59.79.

Personal

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Silcocks was born on 5 May 1993,[1] and is from Melbourne's southeastern suburb[2][3] of Mount Waverley, Victoria.[4] He has Poland's syndrome, a syndrome he had at birth,[1] that caused development problems with his left arm.[5] As of 2012, he was working on a degree in Science and Arts.[1]

Athletics

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File:070912 - Matthew Silcocks - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.JPG
Silcocks at the 2012 London Paralympics

Silcocks competes in the T46 classification in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events.[1] He is a member of the Knox Athletics Club and is coached by Richard Huggins.[1] As of 2012, he has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.[6]

Silcocks started competing in athletics in 2009.[1] At the 2009 Australian AWD Underage Championships, he earned two gold medals.[1] At the 2010 Australian AWD Underage Championships, he earned three gold medals.[1][7] He first represented Australia in 2011.[1] At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished first in the 1500 metre event.[8] At the 2011 Arafura Games, he finished first in the men' 400m ambulant event with a time of 53.69 seconds.[9] In the heat number two, two days before, he qualified third with a time of 55.80 seconds.[10] He also finished first in the 800 metres event with a time of 2:02.95.[11][12] He notched another first place win in the Men 1500m Ambulant event with a time of 4:20.87.[10] He also competed in the 200 metre event.[12][13] At the 2012 Australian athletics championships, he finished first in the men's 800m ambulant even with a time of 1:59.22 and finished first in the men's 1500m ambulant with a time of 4:05.13.[2][3][14][15] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.[1][4][16][17] He did not medal at the 2012 Games.[citation needed]

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