Reece Langdon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Born | 22 February 1996 |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Club | Sandringham Athletic Club |
Medal record | |
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Reece Langdon (born 22 February 1996) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in the T38 classification events. He won a silver medal at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris, France..[1]
Personal
[edit | edit source]He was born 22 February 1996. At the age of six, he had a severe streptococcal infection which led to being diagnosed with cerebellitis.[2] This resulted in permanent ataxia, coordination impairment, temperature regulation issues and general weakness on the left side of his body. Melbourne.[2][3]
Sporting career
[edit | edit source]In his early life, he lived on a farm near Goulburn, New South Wales and this led him to running to a letter box about 2 km from the farm.[2] He kept up his running as part of his soccer training. Langdon moved to Canberra in year ten and commenced training with Matt Beckenham for 200m and 400m.[2] In 2016, he transferred to Dick Telford's distance running training group. He was classified as a T38 athlete in February 2022.[2] In May 2022, he moved to Melbourne to be coached by Tim O’Shaughessy and was awarded a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship.[3]
At the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships, he won the Men's 1500m T38 defeating Angus Hincksman and Deon Kenzie.[2] Langdon won the silver medal in the Men's 1500m T38 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.[4]
Langdon won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T38 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[5] At the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, he finished fourth in Men's 1500m T38 in 3:59.81.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Reece Langdon at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Reece Langdon at Australian Athletics (archive)
- Reece Langdon at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Reece Langdon at Paralympics AustraliaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Reece Langdon at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (archived, alternate link)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Australian men middle-distance runners
- Paralympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen