Reagan Wickens

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Reagan Wickens
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2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Wickens
Personal information
Full nameReagan Wickens
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Classifications S6, SB5, SM6

Reagan Wickens (born 16 December 1994) is an Australian swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming, but did not medal.

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Personal

Wickens was born on 16 December 1994 and is from Grays Point, New South Wales. [1] [2] He has three brothers. [3] He has Achondraplasia. [1] As of 2012 he attends St Patrick's College, Sutherland where he was in year 12. [3]

Swimming

Wickens at the 2012 London Paralympics 040912 - Reagan Wickens - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics (01).jpg
Wickens at the 2012 London Paralympics

Wickens is an S6 classified swimmer. [1] [4] Reagan started swimming at his local pool, Sutherland leisure centre, at a young age and first competed at the age of 10 in school carnivals. [1] He competed at the 2009 Youth Paralympics in four different swimming strokes, and taking home five medals, one of which was gold. [1] He competed at the 2011 New South Wales Multi Class Championships, where he competed in three events and finished first in all of them. That year, he also competed Para-Pan Pacific Championships where he earned four silver medals and two gold medals. [1] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming [2] [4] [5] in the 400 m Freestyle, 50 m Butterfly, 50 m Freestyle, 200 m Individual medley, 100 m Backstroke and 100 m Freestyle. He left for Wales for a team training camp on 10 August 2012 before the start of the Games. [3] He did not medal at the 2012 Games. [1]

At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Glasgow, Scotland, he finished seventh in the Men's 400m Freestyle S6, twelfth in the Men's 50m Butterfly S6, Men's 100m Freestyle S6, and Men's 200m Individual Medley SM6 and Men's 100m Backstroke S6. [6]

Personal bests

CourseEventTimeMeetSwim DateReference
Long 50m Backstroke46.422012 Victorian Championships15-Jan-2012 [7]
Long100m Backstroke01:34.92012 NSW State Open Championships All Events11-Feb-2012 [7]
Long50m Breaststroke53.692012 Victorian Championships14-Jan-2012 [7]
Long100m Breaststroke02:01.22011 Swimming NSW MC Championship Meet22-Oct-2011 [7]
Long50m Butterfly39.752012 NSW Metropolitan Championships4-Mar-2012 [7]
Long100m Butterfly01:26.02012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships21-Mar-2012 [7]
Long50m Freestyle35.822012 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships16-Mar-2012 [7]
Long100m Freestyle01:15.52012 NSW State Open Championships All Events12-Feb-2012 [7]
Long200m Freestyle02:43.72011 Swimming NSW MC Championship Meet22-Oct-2011 [7]
Long400m Freestyle05:23.12012 NSW State Open Championships All Events11-Feb-2012 [7]
Long200m Medley03:15.32012 Victorian Championships15-Jan-2012 [7]
Short 50m Backstroke47.052012 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships15-Jul-2012 [7]
Short50m Breaststroke55.942011 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships16-Jul-2011 [7]
Short50m Butterfly39.962012 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships15-Jul-2012 [7]
Short100m Butterfly01:34.22011 Australian Short Course Championships2-Jul-2011 [7]
Short50m Freestyle36.22012 NSW Metropolitan SC Championships14-Jul-2012 [7]
Short100m Freestyle01:19.42011 Australian Short Course Championships1-Jul-2011 [7]
Short400m Freestyle05:39.42011 Australian Short Course Championships2-Jul-2011 [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Reagan Wickens". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Carayannis, Michael (20 July 2012). "The Carry On: Record number of runners ready". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney — News". Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Paralympic swim team revealed". Australian Paralympic Committee. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team". ABC News. ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Reagan Wickens". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Reagan Wickens personal bests". Swimming Western Australia. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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