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| Full name | Matthew Jon van Eldik | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1970 (age 53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Jon van Eldik (born 16 May 1970) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Games in the Men's Slalom C4-5 event. [1]
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