Matthew Cameron (born 20 September 1985) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

. At the

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, he won a bronze medal.

Personal

Cameron was born on 20 September 1985 and is from

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. He carried the Paralympic torch during the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

torch relay. He was named the 2003 Townsville's Australian Sportsperson of the Year. He attended the

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, where he earned a certificates in business and computer aided drafting. , he works as a compliance enforcement officer and lived in

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. Cameron has popliteal web syndrome, a condition he has had since birth. He has had twenty-five surgeries as a result of the syndrome and he cannot stand.

Wheelchair basketball

Cameron has played

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and represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national under-20 wheelchair basketball team. In 2004, he had a wheelchair basketball scholarship from the North Queensland Sports Foundation.

Athletics

010912 - Matt Cameron - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics

Cameron is a T54 competitor, competing in 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres events. He started competing in 2005, and first represented Australia in 2006. Cameron competed in the 2006 IPC World Championship in the men's T54 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres events. He competed at the

in the 100m and 4 x 100-metre relay team events. He missed the finals in the 100m event by one spot. His relay team was disqualified after he fell from his chair during the transition. He competed in the 2011 City2Surf. At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished second in the 200-metre wheelchair race final. He finished first in the 100-metre race. He was selected to represent

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at the

in athletics in the 100-metre event. At the

Cameron participated in the Men's 100 m T54 and Men's 4 × 400 m T53/54 events, winning a bronze in the 4 × 400 m.

References

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