Matthew Cameron (born 20 September 1985) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.
Cameron has popliteal web syndrome, a condition he has had since birth.[1][4] He has had twenty-five surgeries as a result of the syndrome and he cannot stand.[1][4]
Cameron is a T54 competitor,[1][2][7][8] competing in 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres events.[2][9] He started competing in 2005,[1] and first represented Australia in 2006.[1]
Cameron competed in the 2006 IPC World Championship in the men's T54 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres events.[9] He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the 100m and 4 x 100-metre relay team events. He missed the finals in the 100m event by one spot. His relay team was disqualified[2][4][5][7][10][11][12][13] after he fell from his chair during the transition.[12][13] He competed in the 2011 City2Surf.[14] At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished second in the 200-metre wheelchair race final.[15] He finished first in the 100-metre race.[15] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 100-metre event.[1][2][3][5][16][17][18]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cameron participated in the Men's 100 m T54 and Men's 4 × 400 m T53/54 events, winning a bronze in the 4 × 400 m.[19]
