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Timothy "Tim" Shaun Matthews,
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(born 29 October 1974) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in the Victorian town of Orbost
Orbost is a historic early settlers town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, east of Melbourne and south of Canberra where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about from the surf and fishing seaside town of Marlo on th ...
with exomphalos, a condition in which the abdomen develops outside the body; in his case, the condition affected other organs, including his liver. he was also born without a left arm and with some webbed fingers. He spent much of his early life at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is a major children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
As a major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care, as we ...
because the membrane protecting his exposed organs ruptured when he was two days old.
At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million.
It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...
, he won a gold medal in the Men's 4x100 m Relay T42-46 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Go ...
. 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. That year, he received an Australian Sports Medal
The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ...
. At the 2004 Athens Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, he came seventh in the first heat of the Men's 100 m T46 - event and did not make the final.
Since 2008, Matthews has been the Australian Paralympic Committee
Paralympics Australia (PA) previously called the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) (1998–2019) is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the preparation and management of Australian tea ...
's Manager for Pathways and Development. As part of this role, he manages the APC's Paralympic Talent Search program in Victoria and Tasmania.
He coaches 2012 Paralympians Kelly Cartwright
Kelly Cartwright (born 22 April 1989) is an Australian athlete and powerlifter. She won two medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, and represented Australia in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics.
Personal
Kelly Anne Cartwright was born on 22 April ...
, Katy Parrish
Kathryn 'Katy' Parrish (born 4 July 1991) is an Australian athletics competitor. She was selected to represent at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games 2008 Summer Paralympics and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 4 × 100 metre re ...
and Jack Swift
Jack Swift (born 8 August 1985) is an Australian athletics competitor and paratriathlete. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 400m and 4 × 100 m events.
Personal
Swift was born on 8 Augus ...
, and is former coach of Paralympian Michelle Errichiello
Michelle Errichiello (born 7 December 1982) is an Australian athlete. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. She did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Personal
Errichiello was born on 7 December 1982 a ...
.
References
External links
Athletics Australia Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Tim Congenital amputees Paralympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Sprinters with limb difference Australian amputees People from Orbost Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal 1974 births Living people Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Australian male sprinters Paralympic sprinters Sportsmen from Victoria (state)