 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Silcocks | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mathew Silcocks |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 5 May 1993 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
| Club | Knox Athletics Club |
| Team | Straya |
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.
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 [update] , he was working on a degree in Science and Arts. [1]
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 [update] , 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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