Tim Matthews (athlete)

Timothy "Tim" Shaun Matthews, OAM[1] (born 29 October 1974)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete.

[3] He spent much of his early life at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital because the membrane protecting his exposed organs ruptured when he was two days old.

[6] At the 2004 Athens Games, he came seventh in the first heat of the Men's 100 m T46 - event and did not make the final.

[7] Since 2008, Matthews has been the Australian Paralympic Committee's Manager for Pathways and Development.

[8][9][10][11] As part of this role, he manages the APC's Paralympic Talent Search program in Victoria and Tasmania.

Matthews during the 4 x 400 m T46 relay at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He and his teammates (Stephen Wilson, Neil Fuller and Heath Francis) won gold in this event.