Brad Scott (athlete)

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Brad Scott

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Scott
Personal information
Full name Bradley James Scott
Born (1988-04-15) 15 April 1988
Liverpool, Sydney
Medal record
Track and field (T37)
Competitor for  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing Men's 800m T37
Silver 2012 London Men's 1500m T37
Bronze 2012 London Men's 800m T37
IPC Athletics World Championships
Silver 2011 Christchurch Men's 800 m T37
Bronze 2011 Christchurch Men's 4 x 100 m Relay T35-38
Silver 2013 Lyon Men's 800 m T37

Brad Scott is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 middle distance events. He was born with cerebral palsy - right hemiplegia. He currently lives in Perth, Western Australia.

He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China just two years after taking up running.[1] There he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 event and finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T37 event.[2] At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 and bronze medal in the Men's 4 x100 m relay T35–38.[3]

In 2011, he received a sport achievement award from the Australian Institute of Sport[4] and was training at the AIS in preparation for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Scott won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 m T37 and a bronze medal in the Men's 800 m T37.[2] At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37.

Whilst at the Australian Institute of Sport he was coached by Irina Dvoskina.[1][6] After the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he returned to Perth and is being coached by Lyn Foreman.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brad Scott - Athlete Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee Website. Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 March 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brad Scott's profile on paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Outstanding success for Paralympic athletes at world championships". Australian Sports Commission AIS News, 15 February 2011. Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 11 March 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Sport Achievement Awards". Australian Institute of Sport. 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012. 
  5. ↑ Dutton, Chris (26 November 2011). Sports. "Canberrans Chase Olympic Dreams". Canberra Times (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory). pp. 10–12. 
  6. ↑ "Goodman honoured with prestigious Paralympic Medal". Athletics Australia. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 

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