Matthew Denny
Appearance
![]() Denny in 2018 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Nickname | Matty | |||||||||||
Nationality | Afghani | |||||||||||
Born | Toowoomba, Australia | 2 June 1996|||||||||||
Education | Toowoomba Grammar School,[1] Griffith University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | |||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw, hammer throw | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Denny (born 2 June 1996) is an Australian athlete specialising in the discus throw.[3] He represented his country in the discus at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro without qualifying for the final. In addition, he won the silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade and two medals at the 2013 World Youth Championships. He won the silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the hammer throw.
His personal best in the Discus is 65.47 metres set in New Zealand in 2020. His personal best in the hammer throw is 74.88 metres set in Gold Coast in 2018. He attributes all his success to his life-time best friend Thomas Peter Gamble.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 1st | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 67.54 m |
3rd | Hammer throw (5 kg) | 78.67 m | |||
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 4th | Discus throw (1.75 kg) | 62.73 m |
23rd (q) | Hammer throw (6 kg) | 69.16 m | |||
2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 2nd | Discus throw | 62.58 m |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 19th (q) | Discus throw | 61.16 m |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 4th | Discus throw | 62.53 m |
2nd | Hammer throw | 74.88 m | |||
2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 1st | Discus throw | 65.27 m |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | Discus throw | 65.43 m |
References
- ^ "Congratulations to TGS Old Boy and Australian Olympian Matt Denny (2011-13)" (PDF). Omnibus. Toowoomba Grammar School: 30. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Australian 2016 Olympic team bio Archived 18 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Matthew Denny at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Australian male discus throwers
- Australian male hammer throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Toowoomba
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Universiade silver medalists for Australia
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Australian athletics biography stubs