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Matthew Hudson-Smith

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Born
1994 (30 years old)

Birth Place
Wolverhampton, England

Position
Sprinter

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

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Height
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)

Weight
78 kg (172 lb)

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Great Britain Athletics

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Latest Results

					Mens 400 metres Final at Bislett Games	30 May 24
					Mens 400 metres Final	24 Aug 23
					Mens 400 metres Final at London Athletics Meet	23 Jul 23
					Mens 400 metres Final at BAUHAUS-galan	02 Jul 23
					Mens 400 metres Final at Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat	28 May 23
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Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres and is the 5th fastest athlete of all-time over the distance. In September 2024 he was ranked as the number one 400m runner in the world and has won six British titles (five in the 400m and one in the 200m), five Diamond League events, two individual European titles, an individual Olympic silver medal, World Championships silver and bronze individual medals and an individual Commonwealth silver medal. He has also won a number of relay titles including an Olympic bronze medal, World Championships bronze medal, two European gold medals, one European silver medal, one European bronze medal and a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Hudson-Smith also holds the European and British 4x400m records (2:55.83) along with the GB Team who ran in the final of the men's 4x400m event in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

He holds, as of September 2024 the British and European record, running a personal best of 43.44 seconds for the distance at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He currently holds the top 5 fastest times ever run by a European Athlete in the 400m and is widely considered to be the greatest British and European 400m runner in history.

As of 2022, Hudson-Smith is the most decorated British male athlete in European Championships history, with seven medals, second overall only to French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre.

Career Honours

Athletics Olympics Silver - 400m 2024 Great Britain Athletics	Athletics Olympics Bronze - 4x400m Relay 2024 Great Britain Athletics	World Athletics Championships Silver - 400m 2023 Great Britain Athletics	World Athletics Championships Bronze - 400m 2022 Great Britain Athletics
European Athletics Championships Gold - 400m 2022 Great Britain Athletics	European Athletics Championships Gold - 4x400m Relay 2022 Great Britain Athletics	Athletics Commonwealth Games Silver - 400m 2022 England Athletics	European Athletics Championships Gold - 400m 2018 Great Britain Athletics
European Athletics Championships Silver - 4x400m Relay 2018 Great Britain Athletics	World Athletics Championships Bronze - 4x400m Relay 2017 Great Britain Athletics	European Athletics Championships Bronze - 4x400m Relay 2016 Great Britain Athletics	European Athletics Championships Gold - 4x400m Relay 2014 Great Britain Athletics
European Athletics Championships Silver - 400m 2014 Great Britain Athletics	Athletics Commonwealth Games Gold - 4x400m Relay 2014 England Athletics

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