Matthew Hudson-Smith
| Personal information | |
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| Born | October 26, 1994 |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 400 metres |
Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He holds a personal best of 44.48 seconds for the distance set at the 2016 Olympic Games
He was a gold medallist in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medallist in 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich, Switzerland. He was also a double bronze medallist at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships.
Born in Wolverhampton, he joined his local athletics club, Birchfield Harriers, in 2006. He competed in a variety of events before focusing more on the sprints from 2008 onwards. In 2010 and 2011 he mainly concentrated as a 200 metres runner. He was runner-up at the English Schools Championships over that distance in both 2011 and 2012 before finally winning the title in 2013 at the age of eighteen, after returning from a series of hamstring injuries and illness. During 2012 to 2013 he studied on the AASE Apprenticeship at Loughborough College and is now a Physical Education and Sports Coaching student at the University of Worcester, allowing him to continue his education at the same time as training and competing.
That year also saw his international debut for Great Britain: he performed well at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships, setting a 200 m best of 20.88 seconds in the semi-finals before getting the bronze medal in a British medal sweep, behind Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Leon Reid. He won a second bronze as part of the British 4×400 metres relay team, running the second leg.
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