Scott Reardon crosses the finish line to win silver medal between two Germans, Heinrich Popow (gold) and Wojtek Czyz (bronze) in the Men's 100m T42 at the Paralympic Games in London
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Silver medalist Scott Reardon of Australia, gold medallist Heinrich Popow of Germany and bronze medallist Wojtek Czyz of Germany pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100m T42 Final at the London Paralympics
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Scott Reardon took up athletics in 2008 at the age of 18.
Having lost his leg in 2002, Reardon originally pursued his first love of water skiing, winning world titles in 2007 and 2009.
He began to take athletics more seriously in 2010 when he received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport for running.
Coached by Iryna Dvoskina, the Ukrainian who has led fellow Australian Evan O’Hanlon to world and Paralympic titles, Reardon performed well at his first Paralympic Games in London.In the Olympic Stadium he won 100m silver in a personal best time of 12.43, just 0.03 seconds behind Germany’s gold medallist Heinrich Popow.
He recorded another personal best in the 200m, however, his time of 26.03 placed him fourth just outside of the medals.
He will be an all-around better athlete having competed at London 2012 and will be hoping to further improve at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in France and become a household name prior to Rio 2016.
