Matthew Silcocks (born 5 May 1993) is an Australian athletics competitor. He was selected to represent

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in athletics. He finished sixth in the 1500m, in a time of 3:59.79.

Personal

Silcocks was born on 5 May 1993, and is from Melbourne's southeastern suburb of Mount Waverley, Victoria. He has Poland's syndrome, a syndrome he had at birth, that caused development problems with his left arm. , he was working on a degree in Science and Arts.

Athletics

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Silcocks competes in the T46 classification in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events. He is a member of the Knox Athletics Club and is coached by

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. , he has a scholarship with the

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. Silcocks started competing in athletics in 2009. At the 2009 Australian AWD Underage Championships, he earned two gold medals. At the 2010 Australian AWD Underage Championships, he earned three gold medals. He first represented Australia in 2011. At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished first in the 1500 metre event. At the

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, he finished first in the men' 400m ambulant event with a time of 53.69 seconds. In the heat number two, two days before, he qualified third with a time of 55.80 seconds. He also finished first in the 800 metres event with a time of 2:02.95. He notched another first place win in the Men 1500m Ambulant event with a time of 4:20.87. He also competed in the 200 metre event. 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. He was selected to represent

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in athletics. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silcocks, Matthew Paralympic athletes for Australia Living people 1993 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Australian male middle-distance runners People from Mount Waverley, Victoria Athletes from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state)