- Matthew Elias
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Matthew John (Matt) Elias (born 25 April 1979 in Cardiff) is a Welsh athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and represents Great Britain. In 2003 he won a gold medal at the European Championships and at the Olympic Games in Athens he finished 5th in the 4x400m relay
He won the European Under23 Championships for the 400m hurdles in 2001 in a time of 49.57. The following year he was to have his most prolific season winning two Silver medals in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
References
- Kubatko, Justin. "Matt Elias Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/matt-elias-1.html. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
European Champions in Men's 4 x 400 m relay 1934: Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner) • 1938: Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig) • 1946: France (Santona, Cros, Chef d’Hotel, Lunis) • 1950: Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh) • 1954: France (Haarhoff, Degats, Martin du Gard, Goudeau) • 1958: Great Britain (Sampson, MacIsaac, Wrighton, Salisbury) • 1962: West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt, Reske, Kinder) • 1966: Poland (Werner, Borowski, Grędziński, Badeński) • 1969: France (Bertould, Nicolau, Carette, Nallet) • 1971: West Germany (Schlöske, Jordan, Jellinghaus, Köhler) • 1974: Great Britain (Cohen, Hartley, Pascoe, Jenkins) • 1978: West Germany (Weppler, Hofmeister, Herrmann, Schmid) • 1982: West Germany (Skamrahl, Schmid, Giessing, Weber) • 1986: Great Britain (Redmond, Akabusi, Whittle, Black) • 1990: Great Britain (Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black) • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Black, Whittle, Ladejo) • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson) • 2002: Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines) • 2006: France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil) • 2010: Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
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