Matthew Silcocks
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Silcocks
Personal information
Birth nameMathew Silcocks
NationalityAustralian
Born (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993
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

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

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Matthew Silcocks | APC Corporate". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Eastern stars on podium". Knox Weekly. Australia. 2 May 2012. p. 30. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Eastern stars carry off athletics medals". Maroondah Weekly. Australia. 24 April 2012. p. 54. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 Chris Dutton (6 June 2012). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Athletics Australia - Australian Athletics Championships underway at Lakeside Stadium". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics". VicSport. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Vince Habermann (1 December 2010). "Paralympic dream looms for Weir". Bundaberg News Mail. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Patmore closes Nationals with victory | APC Corporate". Australian Paralympic Committee. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "ARAFURA GAMES RESULTS". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 12 May 2011. p. 28. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  10. 1 2 "ARAFURA GAMES RESULTS". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 10 May 2011. p. 25. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "ARAFURA GAMES RESULTS". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 11 May 2011. p. 44. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  12. 1 2 "2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships - Athletics". SportingPulse. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "Arafura track and field events". Northern Territory News. 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  14. ↑ Ward, Roy (2 May 2012). "Knox and eastern athletics' stars on podium". Knox Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Eastern stars grab medals". Frankston Weekly. Australia. 24 April 2012. p. 38. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "Australian Paralympic Team Announced". Athletics ACT. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  17. ↑ "Walters sprints for London - Teenager set for Paralympics debut". Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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