Matt Glaetzer
Matthew Glaetzer (cycling) added two more gold medals to his trophy cabinet at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, the track cycling venue for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. At his third Games, the Adelaide native won gold in the team sprint and the 1km time trial and now sits alongside fellow Australians Brad McGee and Anna Meares as the only riders to win five gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.
His impressive medal collection also features three world championships gold medals, including gold in the team sprint a decade apart: in Melbourne in 2012 and Glasgow in 2022. He also won the individual sprint crown in Apeldoorn in 2018.
Glaetzer has also competed at three Olympic Games but has been unlucky to miss the podium after consecutive 4th-place finishes in the team sprint at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, another 4th in the sprint in Rio and 5th in the keirin in Tokyo.
Glaetzer was a promising pole vaulter in his early teens but injury curtailed his athletics career. He got into cycling when a teacher suggested he attempt a triathlon. He loved the bike leg and never looked back. Matthew was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in November 2019, underwent surgery and was back on the bike just a month later.
Results History
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Additional Information
Are you a citizen of a country other than Australia? If yes, please provide details?
NO
Education Details:
Current studying Health science and human movement
Club details:
Central Districts Cycling Club
Why did you begin your sport?
To enjoy competitive sport after 2 years of injury (athletics pole vault)
Do you have any pre-competition routines or rituals?
Nil
What is your most memorable sporting achievement?
Team Sprint World Champion 2012. Making 2012 Olympic team at aged 19.
Who is your hero / idol, and why? Have you ever met them?
None
Who has been the most influential person or people in your career and why?
Parents & coach
Do you have any hobbies away from your sport?
Golf
What is your sporting ambition?
Become Olympic champion & do Australia proud.
