Matthew Silcocks

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.

Matthew Silcocks
2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Silcocks
Personal information
Birth nameMathew Silcocks
NationalityAustralia
Born (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportParalympic athletics
ClubKnox Athletics Club
TeamStraya

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] In October 2012, Silcocks was shortlisted for the title of People magazine 'sexiest man alive'. Silcocks subsequently withdrew from the competition, citing personal reasons.

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. "Matthew Silcocks | APC Corporate". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. "Eastern stars on podium". Knox Weekly. Australia. 2 May 2012. p. 30. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. "Eastern stars carry off athletics medals". Maroondah Weekly. Australia. 24 April 2012. p. 54. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. 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. "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. "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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