Matt Langridge

Matt Langridge

Matt Langridge (left) and Constantine Louloudis
Personal information
Born	(1983-05-20) 20 May 1983 (age 33) Crewe, Cheshire, England
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight 2008 Beijing Eight 2012 London Eight World Championships 2009 Poznań Coxless four 2011 Bled Coxless four 2014 Amsterdam Coxless pair 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless pair 2007 Munich Coxless pair European Championships 2015 Poznan Coxless pair 2016 Brandenburg Eight Junior World Championships 2001 Duisburg Single

Matthew Langridge MBE (born 20 May 1983) is a British rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He was the 2015 European Champion in the men's pair, along with James Foad. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight.

Matthew was born in Crewe, Cheshire, and grew up in the town of Northwich, attending Hartford High School and gaining his A Levels at St Nicholas Catholic High School. He started rowing at Northwich Rowing Club being coached by Paul Rafferty.

At his first Junior World Rowing Championships in Zagreb, Croatia in 2000 he narrowly missed out on a medal coming fourth in the double scull with Pete Wells of Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham. A few weeks earlier they had lost out in the final of the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, to the Danish double of Kalizan and Samuelsen.

In 2001 he was the first ever junior British oarsman to win the Gold Medal in the single sculls event in the Junior World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany in 2001. Later that year, he broke the British Indoor Rowing record for 2,000m in the J18 category, posting a time of 5 minutes and 59 seconds.