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| Full name | Bradley James Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-04-15)15 April 1988 (age 37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brad Scott (born 15 April 1988) is aParalympiantrack and field athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 middle-distance events. He represented Australia at the three Paralympics – 2008 to 2016 in athletics and won two silver and one bronze medals.[1]
He was born on 15 April 1988 withcerebral palsy – right hemiplegia. He has completed degree in Exercise and Coaching Science at theUniversity of Canberra. After his retirement in November 2016, he was moving back toBunbury, Western Australia to undertake full-time study in primary education atEdith Cowan University.[2]
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He competed in the2008 Summer Paralympics inBeijing, China just two years after taking up running.[3] 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.[4]
At the2011 IPC Athletics World Championships inChristchurch, New Zealand, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 and bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m relay T35–38.[5]
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In 2011, he received a sport achievement award from theAustralian Institute of Sport[6] and was training at the AIS in preparation for the2012 Summer Paralympics.[7]
At the2012 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.[4] At the2013 IPC Athletics World Championships inLyon, France, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37.
Whilst at the Australian Institute of Sport, he was coached byIrina Dvoskina.[3][8] After the2012 Summer Paralympics, he returned toPerth and is being coached byLyn Foreman.
At the2015 IPC Athletics World Championships inDoha, he won the silver medal in the Men's 1500 m T57 in a time of 4:21.12.[9]
At the2016 Rio Paralympics, Scott finished fifth in the Men's 1500 m T37.[10] At his media interview at the Rio Games, Scott said " To all those kids back home with a disability – the disability doesn't have to be your excuse; it can be your greatest opportunity.". Scott announced his retirement from competitive athletics in November 2016.[2]
