From Cerebral Palsy To Winning 7 World Champion Medals | Ep. 41| Rheed McCracken

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Rheed McCracken at a young age flying to his home town Bundaberg, Rheed seated next to Channel 7 personality David ‘Kochi’ on a plane. Where they struck up a conversation about Paralympic wheelchair racing great Kurt Fearnley, and Kochi, who has known Kurt for years, offered Rheed the opportunity of a lifetime when he challenged him to compete against Kurt in a wheelchair race in Sydney.Not long after that Rheed fell in love with the sport and became youngest member of the Australian team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games where he won a bronze and silver medals in the 100m and 200m T34 events.In 2017 at the Swiss National Championships he set a new world record in the Men's 100m T34 with a time of 14.92 sec. Last year 2019 he won silver medal in the Men's 100m at the World Para Athletics Championships in DubaiContact RheedInstagram: http://instagram.com/rheedmccrackenContact JacintaInstagram: http://instagram.com/jacintarobinson_Facebook: https://www.fb.me/jacintarobinsonofficialYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2DirSDWv-q52P8n7mfWmAITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fearlss-podcast/id1468725492Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ftqoHB6fmzLGVvKmMa5z1?si=Tzf3NsSkTVC_ADSC6dhoUg