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Matthew Slade

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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Classification
T37

Further personal information

Higher education
Sport Studies - Otago University: Dunedin, NZL

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up the sport in 2007.
Why this sport?
He initially tried para-swimming but later took up para-athletics and found he was much better at it.

General interest

Memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the T37 200m at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (nz.srichinmoyraces.org, 9 Oct 2009)
Awards and honours
He was named New Zealand Universities' Sportsperson of the Year for 2004. (otago.ac.nz, 01 Dec 2004)
Impairment
He has cerebral palsy. (tvnz.co.nz, 15 Aug 2008)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics World Championships Birmingham 1998 (Birmingham, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T37 Heat 3 1
Men's 100 m T37 Final Round 3
Men's 200 m T37 Heat 2 2
Men's 200 m T37 Final Round 3
Men's 400 m T37 Heat 2 2
Men's 400 m T37 Final Round 2
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T37 Heat 2 2
Men's 100 m T37 Final Round 3
Men's 200 m T37 Heat 2 2
Men's 200 m T37 Final Round 2
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T37 Heat 2 2
Men's 100 m T37 Final Round 5
Men's 200 m T37 Heat 2 1
Men's 200 m T37 Final Round 1
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T37 Heat 3 1
Men's 100 m T37 Final Round 2
Men's 200 m T37 Heat 1 1
Men's 200 m T37 Final Round 1
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T37 Heat 3 2
Men's 100 m T37 Final Round 4
Men's 200 m T37 Heat 2 5
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T37 Heat 1 2
Men's 100 m T37 Final Round 3
Men's 200 m T37 Heat 2 1
Men's 200 m T37 Final Round 2
Men's 400 m T37 Heat 1 1
Men's 400 m T37 Final Round 4