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Biography

CLAY Matthew

Nationality	ENG England
Birth Date	27/10/1982
Gender	Men
Height (m / in)	1.90/6'2''
Weight (kg / lbs)	0/0
Events Inscribed	Aquatics Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly Aquatics Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke Aquatics Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke
Medals Won	GOLD - Men's 50m Backstroke

Date	Venue	Event	Country - Name	Results	Status
16 Mar 10:22	SAS	Men's 50m Backstroke Heat 02	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(1) 25.61	Completed
16 Mar 19:09	SAS	Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinal 01	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(1) 25.49	Completed
17 Mar 10:00	SAS	Men's 50m Butterfly Heat 05	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(3) 24.55	Completed
17 Mar 19:07	SAS	Men's 50m Backstroke Final A	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(1) 25.04	Completed
17 Mar 19:35	SAS	Men's 50m Butterfly Semifinal 01	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(3) 24.08	Completed
18 Mar 20:08	SAS	Men's 50m Butterfly Final A	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(7) 24.21	Completed
19 Mar 11:03	SAS	Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 03	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(1) 55.94	Completed
19 Mar 19:50	SAS	Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 02	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(5) 55.59	Completed
20 Mar 20:11	SAS	Men's 100m Backstroke Final A	ENG - CLAY Matthew	(4) 54.97	Completed

Place Of Birth	Nelspruit, South Africa
Residence	Somerset, England
Occupation	Student
Coach	Bill Pilczuk
Influential Person	His mum
Idol	Michael Johnson and Kelly Slater
Recent Results	British Championships (2005) 5th in the 50m Freestyle (23.42) Silver in the 50m Backstroke (25.77) 4th in the 100m Backstroke (56.52) European Short Course Championships (2004) 10th in the 50m Backstroke (25.04) 22nd in the 100m Backstroke (54.94)
Commonwealth Games History	Melbourne 2006 Gold in the 50m Backstroke (25.04) Manchester 2002 has not competed
Olympic Games History	has not competed
Other	Personal Best: 50m Backstroke - 24.54 (2003) 100m Backstroke - 53.86 (2003) World Ranking: 19th in the 50m Backstroke (as at 01-Aug-2005) Matt was first selected for Great Britain in 1998 (juniors) and 2000 (seniors). His favourite swimming venue is in Rome and his favourite sport other than swimming is rugby. His tip for the top is to believe in yourself, and he describes himself as laid back and motivated. Matt is a Business Admin Graduate from the University of Bath in England.

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