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Matthew Richardson (born 17 April 1999) is a track cyclist who represented Australia until August 2024 and is due to compete for Great Britain from September 2024 onwards. He competed in the men's keirin, individual sprint and team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His most successful event was the team sprint, where the Australians came fourth. [3] [4] He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin.
Richardson was born in Maidstone, Kent in England to English parents and moved to Australia for his father's work when he was nine years old. He grew up in Maidstone and then Warwick, Western Australia. As a result, he has both British and Australian citizenship.
As a teenager, Richardson competed in gymnastics and earned podium results at a national level. However, after suffering an elbow injury he turned his interest to cycling. [5] [6]
Richardson cycled for the Midland Cycling Club. He was invited to attend a 'come 'n' try' session and was recruited to the Western Australian Institute of Sport.
Three months before the 2019 World Championships, Richardson relocated to South Australia to join Cycling Australia's Podium Potential Academy. This move paid dividends as Richardson was selected to represent Australia in the team sprint. The team finished in sixth position and were edged out of the finals by eventual silver medallists, France. [5]
At the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Richardson won a bronze medal in the team sprint with Thomas Cornish and Nathan Hart. It was Australia's highest finish in this event at a World Championships in eight years. [7]
Richardson competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he won gold medals in the team sprint event alongside Leigh Hoffman and Matthew Glaetzer [8] and in the individual sprint event. [9]
Richardson won three medals for Australia at Paris 2024 Olympics . Richardson won silver medals in the Men's Keirin and individual Sprint whilst also winning a Bronze in the Team Sprint. However, despite representing Australia, it was later revealed that Richardson had already had discussions to join with the Great Britain Cycling team after the Olympics. [10]
Following the 2024 Olympics it was announced that Richardson would be leaving the Australian cycling roster and would be switching to representing Great Britain - the country of his birth after an application by Richardson to switch allegiance was accepted by cycling's global governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). [11] [12] [13] [14] . This move attracted controversy amongst the Australian Cycling community. [10] It was later reported that AusCycling was considering whether it wanted to enforce a two year non-competition order on Richardson which would competing at international track cycling events until 2026. [15]
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