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Matthew Richards MBE swimmer specialising in 100 and 200 metre freestyle, active internationally from 2020. He won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle at 2023 World Aquatics Championships , Olympic gold in the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics and World gold in the same event at the 2023 World Championships.
Richards swam the third leg of the gold-medal winning Great Britain 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first British team to win the event since 1908. Previously, he had won two silver medals in team freestyle relays at the European Championships .[1] Tom Dean , former World Champion James Guy and multiple Olympic and World medalist Duncan Scott , all teammates from the 2020 relay squad. In July 2023, Richards again held off Dean as well as defending World champion David Popovici to win the gold medal in the 2023 World Championships, before following up with gold in the men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay and bronze in the mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay.
Early life [ edit ]
Matt Richards was born in Droitwich , Worcester , England, to Amanda and Simon Richards.[2] [3] rugby and tae kwon do but gave them up to concentrate on swimming.[4] Bishop Perowne Church of England College .[5]
Although born in England, Richards represented Wales as his father was born there.[citation needed He broke the Welsh records in 100 and 200 metre freestyle.[6] 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships held in Kazan .[7]
He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships , in Budapest , Hungary,[8] men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle and 4 × 200 metre freestyle relays.[9] [10]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics , he was in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay together with James Guy , Duncan Scott , and Tom Dean . He swam the third leg in 1 minute 45.01 seconds, a performance that helped the team win gold with a time of six minutes 58.58 seconds.[11] [11]
In 2023, he won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 200 metres freestyle .[12] 100 metres freestyle and the 200 metres freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships , Richards sealed his place at the 2024 Summer Olympics .[13]
Richards was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[14] [15]
References [ edit ]
^ Rehman, Shannen (28 July 2021). "Droitwich-born Matthew Richards helps bring home Olympic gold medal" . Worcester News .
^ "Worcester swimmer Matt Richards targets place at 2020 Olympics" . Worcester News . 24 November 2014.
^ "Swimming success for Year 8 pupil" . Bishop Perowne Church of England College .
^ Brown, Tom (17 May 2021). " . BBC Sport Wales .
^ "Richards strikes gold for Britain at European Junior Swimming Championships" . Swimming.org . 5 July 2019.
^ "Men's 100 metre freestyle: Start list" (PDF) . Budapest 2000 . Retrieved 21 May 2021 .
^ "European Swimming Championships: Great Britain win silver in men's 4x100m freestyle" . BBC Sport . 17 May 2021.
^ "European Swimming Championships: GB win silver in men's 4x200m freestyle" . BBC News . 19 May 2021.
^ a b "Matthew Richards fires Team GB to stunning gold in men's 4x200m freestyle relay" . EuroSport . 28 July 2021.
^ "British Swimming Championships 2023" . British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023 .
^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024" . Swimming.org . Retrieved 9 April 2024 .
^ "No. 63571" . The London Gazette
^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame" . BBC Sport . 31 December 2021.
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1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Thomas Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
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1978 : Bruce Furniss , Bill Forrester , Bobby Hackett , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1982 : Richard Saeger , Jeff Float , Kyle Miller , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Lars Hinneburg , Thomas Flemming , Dirk Richter , Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1991 : Peter Sitt , Steffen Zesner , Stefan Pfeiffer , Michael Gross (GER)
1994 : Christer Wallin , Tommy Werner , Lars Frölander , Anders Holmertz (SWE)
1998 : Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
2001 : Grant Hackett , Bill Kirby , Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Grant Hackett , Craig Stevens , Nicholas Sprenger , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Klete Keller , Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ricky Berens , David Walters , Ryan Lochte (USA)
2011 : Michael Phelps , Peter Vanderkaay , Ricky Berens , Ryan Lochte (USA)
2013 : Conor Dwyer , Ryan Lochte , Charlie Houchin , Ricky Berens (USA)
2015 : Dan Wallace , Robert Renwick , Calum Jarvis , James Guy (GBR)
2017 : Stephen Milne , Nicholas Grainger , Duncan Scott , James Guy (GBR)
2019 : Clyde Lewis , Kyle Chalmers , Alexander Graham , Mack Horton (AUS)
2022 : Drew Kibler , Carson Foster , Trenton Julian , Kieran Smith (USA)
2023 : Duncan Scott , Matt Richards , Tom Dean , James Guy (GBR)
2024 : Ji Xinjie , Wang Haoyu , Pan Zhanle , Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN)
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