Rheed McCracken

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Australian Paralympic athlete

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::summary Australian Paralympic athlete ::

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sportAthletics
disabilitycerebral palsy
eventT34 – 100 metres
T34 – 200 metres
T34 – 400 metres
T34 – 800 metres
clubBundaberg Athletic Club
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Rheed McCracken (born 20 January 1997) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He named the 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year as part of the Australian Paralympian of the Year Awards. He 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.

Personal

McCracken was born on 20 January 1997, He later attended Bundaberg State High School.He has completed a TAFE Certificate 3 in Community Pharmacy.

Athletics

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/050912_-Rheed_McCracken-3b-_2012_Summer_Paralympics.jpg" caption="McCracken at the 2012 London Paralympics"] ::

McCracken is a wheelchair racer, competing in the T34 class. He competes in 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and 1,500 metres.

He began competing in athletics in 2005, and started wheelchair racing in 2010. He is a member of the Bundaberg Athletic Club. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/060912_-Rheed_McCracken-3b-2012_Summer_Paralympics(02).jpg" caption="McCracken at the 2012 London Paralympics"] ::

In 2008, at the Queensland 12 years and under Track and Field Championships, McCracken came in first place in the boys 11 years AWD 100m, 200m, long jump, shot put and discus events. In 2009, he participated in the Queensland State Championships in the boys 12 years Athletes With a Disability long jump, 100m, discus and shot put events, winning every one of them.

In 2010, McCracken competed in the Queensland Secondary Schools Championships, where he won the AWD boys 400m event. That year, he also competed at the Queensland State Championships and the Australian National Championships.

In 2011, McCracken made his Australian national team debut In 2011, he competed in Sydney's City2Surf event in the first year the event had an elite wheelchair category. In December, he competed at the 2011 International Wheelchair and Amputee Championships in Dubai, where he won the 100 metre wheelchair racing event with a time of 16.86 seconds. The time qualified him for the 2012 Paralympics as the qualifying time was 17 seconds. Other events he competed in included the 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and 1,500 metres, taking silver in the 400 metres, 800 metres and 1,500 metres events. He was half a second slow in the 200 metres event from setting a Paralympic qualifying time. Making his national team debut, he was one of the youngest members of the Australian team at the event. In December 2011, he participated in a national athletics team training camp in Canberra.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/AustralianParalympianOfTheYear_107.JPG" caption="McCracken receiving the award for 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year at the Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony"] ::

In January 2012, McCracken participated in the Australia Day Series in Canberra, where he finished second with a time of 24.38 in the junior race. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 100 metre and 200 metre events. He qualified for the Games in December 2011 as a fourteen-year-old.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics McCracken won a silver in the Men's 100 m T34 and a bronze in the Men's 200 m T34. Competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, he won three silver medals in the Men's 100 m, 200 m T34 and Men's 400 m and a bronze medal in Men's 800 m T34.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m T34 and a bronze medal in the Men's 800 m T34.

At the Swiss National Championships in Arbon on 28 May 2017, McCracken set a new world record in the Men's 100m T34 with a time of 14.92.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, McCracken won the silver medal in the Men's 100m T34 (15.40 (+0.3)) and a bronze medal in the Men's 200m T34 (27.81 (-1.5)).

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, he won his third world championship silver medal in the Men's 100 m T34.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/McCracken_after_100m_Tokyo_MM_edit.jpg" caption="Australian athlete Rheed McCracken after the men's T34 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games"] ::

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 100m T34. McCracken finished seventh in his Men's 800m T34 heat and qualified for the final. He came sixth in the final and failed to win a medal in this event.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 800m T34 and finished fourth in the Men's 100m T34. At the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, he won silver medals in the Men's 100m and 400m and finished fourth in Men's 800m T34 events.

He is coached by Louise Sauvage OAM.

World records

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DistanceTimeLocationDate
Men's 100m T3414.92 (+1.0)Arbon, Switzerland27 May 2017
Men's 100m T3414.80Nottwil, Switzerland26 May 2018
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Recognition

Notes

References

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  5. (20 January 1997). "Rheed McCracken". Australia Paralympic Committee.
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  14. (7 June 2012). "Walters sprints for London — Teenager set for Paralympics debut". The Canberra Times.
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  22. (17 April 2021). "Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo".
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  24. Moorhouse, Lachie. (2025-10-01). "Rheed for Speed as McCracken earns second silver in New Delhi {{!}} Australian Athletics".
  25. (25 July 2013). "Evan O'Hanlon claims second gold medal at the IPC World Athletics Championships". News Limited Network.
  26. (26 July 2013). "IPC13: Ballard wins third Silver". Athletics Australia News.
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