Matthew Douglas

Matt Douglas

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1976-11-26) 26 November 1976 (age 48) London, England
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Club	Belgrave Harriers

Matthew Douglas (born 26 November 1976 in London) is a former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. ^[1] He represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 2000. ^[2] At the Commonwealth Games he first represented Northern Ireland, then later twice competed for England.

Biography

Douglas finished on the podium on four occasions at the AAA Championships in 1997 2000, 2003 and 2006. ^{[3] [4]}

His personal best in the event is 48.54 seconds, set in 2003. As things stand it currently makes Douglas the 4th fastest Briton of all time over this distance at sea level.^{[ citation needed ]}

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he represented Great Britain in the 400 metres hurdles event ^[5] and at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he represented the Great Britain team again. ^[6]

Douglas suffered from several injury problems towards the end of his career which forced him into early retirement.^{[ citation needed ]} He has a degree in Sports Sciences from Brunel University London. ^[7]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   Northern Ireland
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	3rd	400 m hurdles	51.73
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	12th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.14
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16th (h)	110 m hurdles	15.13
			11th (h)	400 m hurdles	50.20
			12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.27
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	26th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.07
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.53
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	? (h)	400 m hurdles	50.59
Representing   Great Britain and   England
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	8th	400 m hurdles	49.38 SF
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.2648.54 SF
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	27th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.77
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	12th (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.56
			2nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.91

References

1. Matthew Douglas at World Athletics
2. Matthew Douglas. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
4. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
5. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
7. "Brunel athletes head for Melbourne". Brunel University London . 3 February 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2019.