Andrew Matthews (bobsleigh)

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Andrew Matthews
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1984-10-26) 26 October 1984 (age 38)
Slough, England
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
SportBobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh

Andrew Matthews (born 26 October 1984) is a British bobsledder. [1]

Matthews competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. He teamed with driver Lamin Deen, John Baines and Ben Simons in the Great Britain-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 19th. [2] [3] He was a late replacement after Craig Pickering was injured. [4]

As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 23rd, coming in the four-man event in 2013. [1]

Matthews was born in Slough, and made his World Cup debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, his best finish is 8th, in a four-man event in 2012–13 at Winterberg. [1]

Matthews was a member of the British gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FIBT Profile Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Slough's Andrew Matthews finishes fifth in Sochi". Maidenhead Advertiser. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.


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