Brad Scott (athlete)

Brad Scott

2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Scott
Personal information
Full name	Bradley James Scott
Born	(1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 29) Liverpool, Sydney
Medal record Track and field (T37) Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's 800m T37 2012 London Men's 1500m T37 2012 London Men's 800m T37 IPC Athletics World Championships 2011 Christchurch Men's 800 m T37 2013 Lyon Men's 800 m T37 2015 Doha 1,500 m T38 2011 Christchurch Men's 4 x 100 m Relay T35-38

Brad Scott is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T37 middle distance events. He represented Australia at the three Paralympics - 2008 to 2016 in athletics and won two silver and one bronze medals.

He was born on 15 April 1988 with cerebral palsy - right hemiplegia. He has completed degree in Exercise and Coaching Science at the University of Canberra. After his retirement in November 2016, he was moving back to Bunbury, Western Australia to undertake full-time study in primary education at Edith Cowan University.

He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China just two years after taking up running. There he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 event and finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T37 event.

At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37 and bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m relay T35–38.

In 2011, he received a sport achievement award from the Australian Institute of Sport and was training at the AIS in preparation for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Scott won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 m T37 and a bronze medal in the Men's 800 m T37. At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T37.