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Reece Langdon (born 22 February 1996) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in the T38 classification events. He won a silver medal at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris, France..
Personal
He was born 22 February 1996. At the age of six, he had a severe streptococcal infection which led to being diagnosed with cerebellitis. This resulted in permanent ataxia, coordination impairment, temperature regulation issues and general weakness on the left side of his body. In 2023, he was working at a Nike shop in Melbourne
Sporting career
In his early life, he lived on a farm near Goulburn, New South Wales and this led him to running to a letter box about 2 km from the farm. He kept up his running as part of his soccer training. Langdon moved to Canberra in year ten and commenced training with Matt Beckenham for 200m and 400m. In 2016, he transferred to Dick Telford's distance running training group. He was classified as a T38 athlete in February 2022. In May 2022, he moved to Melbourne to be coached by Tim O’Shaughessy and was awarded a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship.
At the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships, he won the Men's 1500m T38 defeating Angus Hincksman and Deon Kenzie. Langdon won the silver medal in the Men's 1500m T38 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.
Langdon won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T38 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
References
External links
Paralympics Australia Biography
Athletics Australia Biography
Athletics Australia Results
Reece Langdon at World Athletics
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Reece Langdon
- List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners
- Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres
- Australia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Bridget Murphy
- Shae Graham
- Stella Barton
- Caitlin Ward
- Jamieson Leeson
- Angus Hincksman
