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Full name | Matthew Maybe not bob Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yea, Victoria | 24 June 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sydney Olympic Park Archers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Now coaching | Ki Sik Lee (1998-2000) Kathleen Gray (2000-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Gray (born 24 June 1973) is an Australian archer. His day job is being a water policeman. He has participated in three Olympic Games and won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Born in Yea, Victoria, Gray is a water policeman. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is from Port Stephens. [2] [6] He is married, 47, and his wife is a school teacher. [6] He has two daughters. [1] He has a nursing degree. [3] While training for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he was also doing shift work at John James Hospital in Canberra. [3]
Gray competes in archery. His father bought him his first bow at a garage sale, [4] and he has been competing in archery for over thirty years. [1] He attributed becoming a cop with making him more aggressive as a competitor. [3] He was an Australian Institute of Sport archery scholarship holder. [7]
Gray has won several medals. At the 1988 World Field Championships in Bolzano, Italy, he won a bronze medal in the junior men's recurve event. [8] At the 1992 World Field Championships in Margraten, Netherlands, he was part of the Australian gold medal winning men's team alongside Clint Freeman and Tony Pitt Lancaster. [8] He won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event at the 1994 World Field Championships in Vertus, France. [8]
Gray placed 4th in the teams event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. [9] He won a gold in the men's recurve event at the 1998 European Grand Prix in Czech Republic. His teammates included Simon Fairweather, and Scott Hunter-Russell. [8] In 1999, he won a team gold medal at the world indoor championships. [10] At the 2008 World Cup in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, he was part of the Australian silver medal winning recurve team that. [8]
In March 2003, he was ranked the fourth best male Australian archer in recurve, ahead of Robert Turner. That month, he had 2520 points. [11] In 2010, he participated in World Cup competitions in Croatia, Turkey and China. [5] He attended a national team training camp in Canberra in September 2011. [12] He attended a national team training camp in Canberra in March 2012. [12] At the 2012 National Target Archery Championships, he finished fourth as a member of ANSW. [13]
In preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he trained in his garage. [1] He represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] [3] [14] [15] [16] He competed in the men's recurve archery team event where he took home a gold medal with a team score of 219, defeating Malaysia who were ranked third in the world at the time and had an event score of 212. [3] [14] [15] [16] He also competed in the individual event on the final day of the competition. In the quarter finals, he went up against Chu Sian Cheng. [17] At the Games, he was coached by Simon Fairweather. [1] He was Australia's oldest competitor at the Games. [3] In 2010, he was hoping his Commonwealth Games experiences would prepare him for Olympic selection for 2012 in London. [1]
He has participated in three Olympic Games in the archery event. [4] He represented Australia in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] As a thirty-five-year-old, he represented Australia in archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [6] He competed in both the team and individual events. [18] Children in his wife's class cheered for him at the Games and he kept in touch with the class during the Games. [6] Going into the knock out stage in the team competition, Australia was ranked ninth. [6]
In one of the early rounds of the 2008 Games, he lost to Chu Sian Cheng of Malaysia. [19] In September 2011, he was named to the Australian archery shadow Olympic team. [12] In October 2011, he participated in a 2012 Summer Olympics test event in London at the Lord's cricket ground. [20] In January 2012, he represented Australia at the 2012 Oceania Olympic qualifying event in New Zealand. [21] In March at the 2012 Olympic Games Nomination Shoot Results, he finished fourth with a score of 2587. [22]
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Full name | Matthew Maybe not bob Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yea, Victoria | 24 June 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sydney Olympic Park Archers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Now coaching | Ki Sik Lee (1998-2000) Kathleen Gray (2000-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Gray (born 24 June 1973) is an Australian archer. His day job is being a water policeman. He has participated in three Olympic Games and won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Born in Yea, Victoria, Gray is a water policeman. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is from Port Stephens. [2] [6] He is married, 47, and his wife is a school teacher. [6] He has two daughters. [1] He has a nursing degree. [3] While training for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he was also doing shift work at John James Hospital in Canberra. [3]
Gray competes in archery. His father bought him his first bow at a garage sale, [4] and he has been competing in archery for over thirty years. [1] He attributed becoming a cop with making him more aggressive as a competitor. [3] He was an Australian Institute of Sport archery scholarship holder. [7]
Gray has won several medals. At the 1988 World Field Championships in Bolzano, Italy, he won a bronze medal in the junior men's recurve event. [8] At the 1992 World Field Championships in Margraten, Netherlands, he was part of the Australian gold medal winning men's team alongside Clint Freeman and Tony Pitt Lancaster. [8] He won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event at the 1994 World Field Championships in Vertus, France. [8]
Gray placed 4th in the teams event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. [9] He won a gold in the men's recurve event at the 1998 European Grand Prix in Czech Republic. His teammates included Simon Fairweather, and Scott Hunter-Russell. [8] In 1999, he won a team gold medal at the world indoor championships. [10] At the 2008 World Cup in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, he was part of the Australian silver medal winning recurve team that. [8]
In March 2003, he was ranked the fourth best male Australian archer in recurve, ahead of Robert Turner. That month, he had 2520 points. [11] In 2010, he participated in World Cup competitions in Croatia, Turkey and China. [5] He attended a national team training camp in Canberra in September 2011. [12] He attended a national team training camp in Canberra in March 2012. [12] At the 2012 National Target Archery Championships, he finished fourth as a member of ANSW. [13]
In preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he trained in his garage. [1] He represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] [3] [14] [15] [16] He competed in the men's recurve archery team event where he took home a gold medal with a team score of 219, defeating Malaysia who were ranked third in the world at the time and had an event score of 212. [3] [14] [15] [16] He also competed in the individual event on the final day of the competition. In the quarter finals, he went up against Chu Sian Cheng. [17] At the Games, he was coached by Simon Fairweather. [1] He was Australia's oldest competitor at the Games. [3] In 2010, he was hoping his Commonwealth Games experiences would prepare him for Olympic selection for 2012 in London. [1]
He has participated in three Olympic Games in the archery event. [4] He represented Australia in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] As a thirty-five-year-old, he represented Australia in archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [6] He competed in both the team and individual events. [18] Children in his wife's class cheered for him at the Games and he kept in touch with the class during the Games. [6] Going into the knock out stage in the team competition, Australia was ranked ninth. [6]
In one of the early rounds of the 2008 Games, he lost to Chu Sian Cheng of Malaysia. [19] In September 2011, he was named to the Australian archery shadow Olympic team. [12] In October 2011, he participated in a 2012 Summer Olympics test event in London at the Lord's cricket ground. [20] In January 2012, he represented Australia at the 2012 Oceania Olympic qualifying event in New Zealand. [21] In March at the 2012 Olympic Games Nomination Shoot Results, he finished fourth with a score of 2587. [22]