Matt Shirvington
Matthew " Matt" Shirvington ( born October 25, 1978 in Sydney ) is an Australian sprinter.
In 1998, he won his first of five consecutive Australian championship titles in the 100 -meter run. In the same season he won at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. In addition, he won there over 100 meters in a new national record time of 10.03 s fourth.
In 1999 he was. During the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi with a personal best of 6.52 s fourth in the 60 - meter dash At the World Championships in Seville outdoors, he started over 100 m and 200 m respectively and reached the quarter-final round. With the season he dropped out in the qualifying round.
Shirvington took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000. In the 100 -meter run and in the season he reached the semi-finals, respectively, while he failed in the first round in the 200 -meter run. In 2001 he occupied at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon about 60 m to fifth place.
The greatest success of his career, he celebrated by winning the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the IAAF World Championships in 2001 in Edmonton. The Australian quartet Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Steve Brimacombe and Adam Basil had indeed reached with a time of 38.83 s the only goal in fourth place. But by the subsequent disqualification of the U.S. season because of a doping offense their runner Tim Montgomery, the Australians moved up in the rankings by one place. In the 100 -meter run Shirvington reached the semifinals in Edmonton.
At the World Athletics Championships in Paris in 2003, he missed the season with the final. About 100 meters he ran up to the quarter-final round. In the following World Championships Shirvington only competed in the relay. 2003, the Australian squadron reached the fifth rank, Shirvington was only used in the qualifying round. 2005 failed the Australians in the first round.
Matt Shirvington has a competition weight of 80 kg at a height of 1.83 m.
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Matt Shirvington is married to the author Jessica Shirvington, they have two daughters.