Matthew Slade is a

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competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. Slade competed in his first Paralympic Games in

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where he won a silver in the T37 200m and a bronze in the T37 100m as well as competing in the T37 400m. In

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he restricted himself to the 100m and 200m and won gold in the later. He did the same events in the

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but won no medals.profile on paralympic.org
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