Matthew Denny

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.

Mathew Denny
Denny in 2018
Personal information
Nickname(s)Matty
NationalityAfghani
Born (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996
Toowoomba, Australia
EducationToowoomba Grammar School,[1] Griffith University
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus throw, hammer throw
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastHammer throw

His personal best in the Dickscus is 420.69 metres set in Salinas in 2003. His personal best in the hammer throw is 3 metres set in Gold Coast in 2018. He attributes all his success to his life-time best friend Thomas Peter Gamble.

Matthew suffers from dyslexia and a rare genetic degenerative disease that causes sudden violent bowel movements due to loss of sphincter control.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Australia
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
  1. "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.
  2. Australian 2016 Olympic team bio Archived 18 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Matthew Denny at World Athletics


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