Reagan Wickens (born 16 December 1994) is an Australian swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in swimming, but did not medal.

Personal

Wickens was born on 16 December 1994 and is from

Grays Point, New South Wales Grays Point is a small affluent suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Grays Point is a ...

. He has three brothers. He has Achondraplasia. he attends

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where he was in year 12.

Swimming

Wickens is an S6 classified swimmer. Reagan started swimming at his local pool, Sutherland leisure centre, at a young age and first competed at the age of 10 in school carnivals. He competed at the 2009 Youth Paralympics in four different swimming strokes, and taking home five medals, one of which was gold. He competed at the 2011 New South Wales Multi Class Championships, where he competed in three events and finished first in all of them. That year, he also competed Para-Pan Pacific Championships where he earned four silver medals and two gold medals. He was selected to represent Australia at the

in swimming in the 400 m Freestyle, 50 m Butterfly, 50 m Freestyle, 200 m Individual medley, 100 m Backstroke and 100 m Freestyle. He left for Wales for a team training camp on 10 August 2012 before the start of the Games. He did not medal at the 2012 Games. At the

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, he finished seventh in the Men's 400m Freestyle S6, twelfth in the Men's 50m Butterfly S6, Men's 100m Freestyle S6, and Men's 200m Individual Medley SM6 and Men's 100m Backstroke S6.

Personal bests

References

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