Reece Langdon

Reece Langdon
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28)
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
ClubFerret Track Club
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 1500 m T38
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 1500m T38

Reece Langdon (born 22 February 1996) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in the T38 classification events. He won a silver medal at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris, France..[1]

Personal

He was born 22 February 1996. At the age of six, he had a severe streptococcal infection which led to being diagnosed with cerebellitis.[2] This resulted in permanent ataxia, coordination impairment, temperature regulation issues and general weakness on the left side of his body. In 2023, he was working at a Nike shop in Melbourne[2][3]

Sporting career

In his early life, he lived on a farm near Goulburn, New South Wales and this led him to running to a letter box about 2 km from the farm.[2] He kept up his running as part of his soccer training. Langdon moved to Canberra in year ten and commenced training with Matt Beckenham for 200m and 400m.[2] In 2016, he transferred to Dick Telford's distance running training group. He was classified as a T38 athlete in February 2022.[2] In May 2022, he moved to Melbourne to be coached by Tim O’Shaughessy and was awarded a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship.[3]

At the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships, he won the Men's 1500m T38 defeating Angus Hincksman and Deon Kenzie.[2] Langdon won the silver medal in the Men's 1500m T38 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.[4]

Langdon won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T38 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Reece Langdon". Athletics Australia. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Reece Langdon". Victorian Institute of Sport. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Reece Langdon". IPC Athletics. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.