1. Rheed McCracken was born on 20 January 1997 and is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor.
23 Facts About Rheed McCracken
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Rheed McCracken named the 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year as part of the Australian Paralympian of the Year Awards.
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Rheed McCracken represented Australia at the 2012 London Paralympics, 2016 Rio Paralympics, 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where he won three silver and three bronze medals.
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Rheed McCracken has cerebral palsy, a condition he was born with.
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Rheed McCracken started using a wheelchair in late 2009 because it was less painful.
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Rheed McCracken has completed a TAFE Certificate 3 in Community Pharmacy.
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Rheed McCracken is a wheelchair racer, competing in the T34 class.
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Rheed McCracken competes in 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and 1,500 metres.
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Rheed McCracken began competing in athletics in 2005, and started wheelchair racing in 2010.
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Rheed McCracken is a member of the Bundaberg Athletic Club.
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In 2008, at the Queensland 12 years and under Track and Field Championships, Rheed McCracken came in first place in the boys 11 years AWD 100m, 200m, long jump, shot put and discus events.
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Rheed McCracken took home first place in the Athletes With a Disability 11 years boys' 100m, long jump, shot put and discus events.
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In 2010, Rheed McCracken competed in the Queensland Secondary Schools Championships, where he won the AWD boys 400m event.
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In 2011, Rheed McCracken made his Australian national team debut During 2011, in preparation for the Paralympics, he completed six total training sessions a week.
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Rheed McCracken finished third at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon's wheelchair half-marathon in July 2011.
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Rheed McCracken was half a second slow in the 200 metres event from setting a Paralympic qualifying time.
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In January 2012, Rheed McCracken participated in the Australia Day Series in Canberra, where he finished second with a time of 24.38 in the junior race.
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Rheed McCracken was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 100 metre and 200 metre events.
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At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Rheed McCracken won a silver in the Men's 100 m T34 and a bronze in the Men's 200 m T34.
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At the Swiss National Championships in Arbon on 28 May 2017, Rheed McCracken set a new world record in the Men's 100m T34 with a time of 14.92.
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At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, Rheed McCracken won the silver medal in the Men's 100m T34 and a bronze medal in the Men's 200m T34.
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Rheed McCracken finished seventh in his Men's 800m T34 heat and qualified for the final.
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Rheed McCracken came sixth in the final and failed to win a medal in this event.