Tim Matthews (athlete)

Tim Matthews
Matthews finishing his race at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameTimothy Shaun Matthews
Nationality Australia
Born (1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 50)
Orbost, Victoria, Australia
Medal record
Athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Men's 4x100 m relay T42-46
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Men's 4x100 m relay T46
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Men's 4x400 m relay T46
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Men's 100 m T46
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Men's 200 m T46
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham Men's 4 x 400 m T42-46
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Birmingham Men's 100 m T46
Matthews during the 4 x 400 m T46 relay at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He and his teammates (Stephen Wilson, Neil Fuller and Heath Francis) won gold in this event.

Timothy "Tim" Shaun Matthews, OAM[1] (born 29 October 1974)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in the Victorian town of Orbost with exomphalos, a condition in which the abdomen develops outside the body; in his case, the condition affected other organs, including his liver.[3] he was also born without a left arm and with some webbed fingers.[3] He spent much of his early life at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital because the membrane protecting his exposed organs ruptured when he was two days old.[3]

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 4x100 m Relay T42-46 event,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] 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.[4][5] That year, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[6] At the 2004 Athens Games, he came seventh in the first heat of the Men's 100 m T46 - event and did not make the final.[7]

Since 2008, Matthews has been the Australian Paralympic Committee's Manager for Pathways and Development.[8][9][10][11] As part of this role, he manages the APC's Paralympic Talent Search program in Victoria and Tasmania.[12]

He coaches 2012 Paralympians Kelly Cartwright, Katy Parrish and Jack Swift,[13][14] and is former coach of Paralympian Michelle Errichiello.[15]

  1. ^ a b "Matthews, Timothy Shaun, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Athletes". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Limbs 4 Life co-patron Tim Matthews – Unleashed!" (PDF). Limbs 4 Life. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Tim Matthews". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. Australian Paralympic Committee: 10. 2010.
  6. ^ "Matthews, Tim: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Men's 100 m T46 - Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  8. ^ "APC Staff" (PDF). Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (2008/2009 ed.): 7. 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "APC Staff" (PDF). Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (2009/2010 ed.): 6. 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "APC Staff" (PDF). Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (2010/2011 ed.): 7. 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "APC Staff" (PDF). Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (2011/2012 ed.): 7. 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Paralympic Talent Search". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Team Cartwright". Kelly Cartwright. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  14. ^ "London calling for a determined Parrish". Athletics Australia. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  15. ^ "Errichiello chases London golden goal". The Canberra Times. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.