Scott Reardon

Scott Peter Reardon, (born 15 May 1990) is an Australian Paralympic leg amputee sprinter and water skier. He won water skiing world championships in 2007 and 2009. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics, winning a silver medal in the Men's 100 m T42. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he went one placing better to win the gold medal. Reardon has won the Men's 100 m T42 in three consecutive World Para Athletics Championships, from 2013 to 2017.

Personal Reardon was born on 15 May 1990 in Temora, New South Wales. Reardon grew up on his family's property near Temora, New South Wales.

In 2002, Reardon got his shoelace caught in the power take off shaft of a tractor and severed his right leg through the knee. He spent a month in hospital recovering and amazed doctors by relearning to walk in just one week. He continued to water-ski on one leg, representing Australia three times at the Water-Skiing World Championships and winning the world title twice in 2007 and 2009.

Reardon earned the Commonwealth Sport Achievement Awards in 2007. In 2009, he relocated to Canberra.

In 2018, Reardon part of the National Farmers' Federation Safe Hands campaign.

Water ski His parents have provided monetary support to help him waterski. where he earned a gold medal For the jump event. He was active in sport before his accident and was concerned following his accident that he would not be able to run again. He competed at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships making three finals but not winning a medal. At the 2012 London Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's 100 m T42 and placed fourth in the Men's 200 m T42.

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Reardon won the Men's 100 m T42 in 12.13 (w: +0.3). After winning the 100 m, Reardon said: "You come to championships to win championships and that’s the most important thing. I probably didn’t get the time I wanted, but when people look back, how I got there won’t matter. It will just show me as world champion, and that’s so exciting." He finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T42 in a time of 25.43 (w: 0.0). .

Reardon won the gold medal in the Men's 100 m T42 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in a Paralympic record time of 12.26. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2017.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, Reardon won his third consecutive Men's 100 m T42 title with a time of 12.21.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Reardon came fourth in his100m T63 heat and qualified for the final. He failed to win a medal coming fifth in the final.

Reardon announced his retirement from competitive athletics in October 2021. He said "My retirement has been a long time coming. I've been preparing for retirement since 2017 as I knew the end of my career was coming closer, but it was important to me to finish my career at a Paralympic Games because it is the pinnacle of what we do. To do that with (wife and fellow Paralympic gold medallist) Vanessa (Low) was the number one priority for me, as we had always dreamed of being on an Australian team together."