Matthew Glaetzer
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| Born | 24 August 1992 Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Glaetzer (born 24 August 1992)[2] is an Australian track cyclist specialising in sprint events. He has represented Australia at four Olympic Games (2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024). At the 2024 Games he won two bronze medals.
Career
[edit]He competed in the team sprint event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the 2012 World Championship in the team sprint with Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins.[3]
Glaetzer represented Australia in the men's sprint, men's keirin, and men's team sprint events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
On 12 November 2017, at the World Cup competition in Manchester, Glaetzer became the first rider ever to break the 1:00-minute mark for 1 km time trial, at sea level velodrome.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Glaetzer won gold in the men's keirin. He was eliminated from the men's sprint in the quarterfinals.[4] The next day, he won gold in the men's 1 km time trial.[5]
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Glaetzer courted controversy during the Keirin finals when he allowed a huge gap between Jason Kenny from Great Britain and the rest of the field.[6]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Glaetzer won gold in the men's team sprint alongside Leigh Hoffman and Matthew Richardson on the first day of the games.[7] He also competed in the men's individual sprint event where he came 4th.[8]
On 28 June 2024, Glaetzer was announced as a member of Australia's 2024 Olympics track cycling squad, the fourth Games of his career.[9] He won his first Olympic medals in Paris; a bronze in the team sprint alongside Hoffman and Richardson, and a bronze in the keirin (beaten only by Richardson and Harrie Lavreysen).
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Australia
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| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | Men's sprint | Lost bronze medal final to Denis Dmitriev |
| 10th | Men's keirin | Came 4th in 7–12 final | |||
| 4th | Men's team sprint | Lost bronze medal final to France | |||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | |||
| 3rd | Men's keirin | Came 3rd behind Harrie Lavreysen and fellow Australian Matthew Richardson | |||
| 3rd | Men's team sprint | Won bronze medal final over France | |||
| Representing Australia
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Personal life
[edit]Glaetzer is a Christian. He stated that he has been a Christian all his life, but drifted from God during his teens due to injuries. He rededicated his life to God at a camp run by his local church.[10] He also said God gave him the gift of cycling.[11] Glaetzer leads a youth group at Influencers Church in Paradise, Adelaide.[12]
Glaetzer is a student at University of South Australia, where he is studying a degree in Human Movement.[13] He has stated that he wants to go into physiotherapy when he retires from cycling.[12]
In October 2019, Glaetzer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Rio 2016: Matthew Glaetzer athlete profile". rio2016.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Matthew Glaetzer - Player Profile - Cycling - Track". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Accidental cyclist Matthew Glaetzer keeps the faith". The Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Cate Campbell takes gold, success in triathlon and cycling". ABC News. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Matthew Glaetzer bounces back from early Games failure to claim Gold". myGC.com.au. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Matthew Glaetzer's tactics criticised as Jason Kenny won gold in Tokyo Olympics keirin". 7NEWS. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Track Cycling Leads Australian Gold Rush On Day 1 At Birmingham 2022". Australian Cycling. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Cycling Track - Men's Sprint results". BBC Sport. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Nineteen track and road cyclists geared up for Paris Olympic Games". Australian Olympic Committee. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Humble winner". challengenews.online. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Accidental cyclist keeps the faith". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ a b "The Coffee Ride #36 – Track feature special". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ Galvin, Rosanna (July 2014). "Students' fast track to Commonwealth Games". University of South Australia News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Australian Matthew Glaetzer withdrawn from track sprint". NBC Olympics. Reuters. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
External links
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- Matthew Glaetzer at UCI
- Matthew Glaetzer at Cycling Archives
- Matthew Glaetzer at CycleBase
- Matthew Glaetzer at Olympics.com
- Matthew Glaetzer at Olympedia
- 1992 births
- Australian Christians
- Australian male cyclists
- Australian track cyclists
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Cyclists from Adelaide
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from South Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists in cycling
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics