Tim Matthews (athlete) explained

Tim Matthews
Fullname:Timothy Shaun Matthews
Birth Date:29 October 1974
Birth Place:Orbost, Victoria

Timothy "Tim" Shaun Matthews, OAM[1] (born 29 October 1974)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in the Victorian town of Orbost with exomphalos, a condition in which the abdomen develops outside the body; in his case, the condition affected other organs, including his liver.[3] he was also born without a left arm and with some webbed fingers.[3] He spent much of his early life at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital because the membrane protecting his exposed organs ruptured when he was two days old.[3]

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 4x100 m Relay T42-46 event,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won gold medals and broke world records in the men's 4x100 m relay T46 and men's 4x400 m relay T46 events and bronze medals in the men's 100 m T46 and men's 200 m T46 events.[4] [5] That year, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[6] At the 2004 Athens Games, he came seventh in the first heat of the Men's 100 m T46 - event and did not make the final.[7]

Since 2008, Matthews has been the Australian Paralympic Committee's Manager for Pathways and Development.[8] [9] [10] [11] As part of this role, he manages the APC's Paralympic Talent Search program in Victoria and Tasmania.[12]

He coaches 2012 Paralympians Kelly Cartwright, Katy Parrish and Jack Swift,[13] [14] and is former coach of Paralympian Michelle Errichiello.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matthews, Timothy Shaun, OAM. It's an Honour. 12 January 2012.
  2. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000120000000/http:/www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paraathl.html . Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Athletes. 20 January 2000. Australian Sports Commission. 12 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Limbs 4 Life co-patron Tim Matthews – Unleashed!. Limbs 4 Life. 25 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Tim Matthews . Paralympic.org . . 25 January 2013.
  5. Australian Honour Roll. Australian Paralympic Committee. Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. 2010. 10.
  6. Web site: Matthews, Tim: Australian Sports Medal. It's an Honour. 12 January 2012.
  7. Web site: Men's 100 m T46 - Results. International Paralympic Committee. 12 January 2012.
  8. APC Staff. 7. Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report. 2009. 2008/2009.
  9. APC Staff. 6. Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report. 2010. 2009/2010.
  10. APC Staff. 7. Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report. 2011. 2010/2011.
  11. APC Staff. 7. Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report. 2012. 2011/2012.
  12. Web site: Paralympic Talent Search. Australian Paralympic Committee. 25 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073052/http://www.paralympic.org.au/talentsearch. 24 February 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Team Cartwright. Kelly Cartwright. 25 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150614084900/http://www.kellycartwright.com.au/team-cartwright/. 14 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: London calling for a determined Parrish. Athletics Australia. 31 July 2012. 25 January 2013.
  15. Web site: Errichiello chases London golden goal. The Canberra Times. 20 July 2012. 25 January 2013.

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