Reece Langdon started his journey in athletics running 2kms to the letterbox at 9-years-old. Growing up on a farm in Golburn, Reece embraced his love of running, competing in every event at athletics carnivals and cross country at school. At the age of six, Reece contracted severe streptococcal, which led to being diagnosed with cerebellitis. This resulted in permanent ataxia, coordination impairment, temperature regulation issues, and general weakness on the left side of his body. After moving to Canberra with his family, he asked his Dad to drop him off at the AIS track one day, and as they say …
Read MoreReece Langdon started his journey in athletics running 2kms to the letterbox at 9-years-old.
Growing up on a farm in Golburn, Reece embraced his love of running, competing in every event at athletics carnivals and cross country at school.
At the age of six, Reece contracted severe streptococcal, which led to being diagnosed with cerebellitis. This resulted in permanent ataxia, coordination impairment, temperature regulation issues, and general weakness on the left side of his body.
After moving to Canberra with his family, he asked his Dad to drop him off at the AIS track one day, and as they say the rest is history.
Reece started working with Matt Beckenham and initially trained as a 200m and 400m runner.
He found he enjoyed middle distance events and in 2016 moved to Dick Telford’s squad where he started running 160km/week.
Reece was officially classified a T38 para-athlete in 2022, and immediately set Australian open T38 800m (1:56.21) and 1500m (3:52.80) records.
At the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships, he won the Men’s 1500m T38.
In June 2023, he was named in his first Australian team, where he won a silver medal in the Men’s 1500m T38 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.
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