Matthew Langridge

Matt was selected in the men's eight for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and won a silver medal.

Matt is a former World Junior Single Champion who represented GB in the Olympic Games in 2004.  In 2007 he won a bronze medal in the pair at the World Championships.  In the 2007 World Cup Series Matt won gold in the pair at Linz, gold in the eight at Amsterdam and came 11th in the pair in Lucerne. In the 2008 World Cup series he raced in the eight finishing 2nd, 3rd and 1st.

Matt learnt to row at Northwich RC under his coach and mentor Paul Rafferty, who has guided him throughout his career. He won the single in the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 1999 and in 2000 he raced in the double scull at the World Junior Championships with Peter Wells, finishing 4th.

In 2001 Matt became the first GB rower to become World Junior Champion in the single.  In an outstanding performance in Duisburg he came through the field to win by more than five seconds.

Matt won his first senior vest in 2003 and raced in the men’s quad at the World Championships in Milan, where the crew finished 9th overall and qualified for the Athens Olympic Games. This was Matt’s first full year on the senior team and the quad’s result was a major achievement for the GB men’s sculling squad.

In 2004 he gained Olympic selection in the double with Matthew Wells where they missed out on a place in the final by the narrowest of margins but raced with credit to win the B Final.

Matt was second in the single at the 2005 GB Rowing Senior Trials for the second consecutive year and raced in the quad in the World Cup regattas, taking a bronze in Lucerne at the World Cup Finals. At the World Championships in Gifu, Japan the crew won the B Final to finish 7th overall.

After the 2005 Worlds, Matt made the major decision to move from sculling to sweep and has steadily risen up the ranks in the sweep squad. He finished 3rd in the pair at the 2006 GB Rowing Senior Trials and 5th in the eight at the World Rowing Championships in Eton.

Matt is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.