Portsmouth N · GBR
Matthew is a swimmer from the United Kingdom, a backstroke specialist and a sprinter, whose official competitive record spans 3 seasons, 4 years and 5 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2006 in Stockholm, where he raced the 100 individual medley in 57.72.
His signature event is the 50 backstroke, his reference distance in backstroke, ahead of the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 5 recorded swims.
His fastest 50 backstroke stands at 25.04, set in long course (50 m) at 18th Commonwealth Games 2006.
His record includes world championships, in 2008 (9th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2008). A representative mark at that level is 23.96 in the 50 backstroke, recorded in short course (25 m). He also appears in the World Cup circuit and continental championships.
After a 2-year break between 2006 and 2008, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2008.
Those meets span 6 different venues (Stockholm, Berlin, Melbourne and Budapest…).
Latest competition: European Swimming Championships (25m) 2009, on December 13, 2009. He closes this record with 9 current event personal bests, across 9 verified official swims in competitions governed by Aquatics GB and World Aquatics.