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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | 22 February 1996 | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.53 cm (1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Ferret Track Club | ||||||||||||||
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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. Langdon has been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris,France - his first Games. [1]
He was born 22 February 1996. At the age of six, he had severe streptococcal 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 Nike shop in Melbourne[2][3]
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 an 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]