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Matt Richards

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Matthew Richards (born 17 December 2002) is a British swimmer specialising in 100 and 200 metre freestyle, active internationally from 2020. He won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle at 2023 World Aquatics Championships, a silver in the 200 m freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Olympic gold in the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics and World gold in the same event at the 2023 World Championships. Richards swam the third leg of the gold-medal winning Great Britain 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first British team to win the event since 1908. Previously, he had won two silver medals in team freestyle relays at the European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Matt Richards is the 931st most popular swimmer (down from 823rd in 2024), the 9,072nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,671st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Matt Richards ranks 931 out of 709. Before him are Jesse Puts, Zach Apple, Rachel Bootsma, Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Margaux Fabre, and Leonardo Deplano. After him are Conor Dwyer, Larsen Jensen, Keri-anne Payne, Oliver Klemet, Hayley Lewis, and Shannon Vreeland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2002, Matt Richards ranks 381. Before him are Defri Juliant, Tunisha Sharma, Abraham Attah, Berkim Tümer, George Bello, and Filip Stevanović. After him are Anastasija Zolotic, Shigeyuki Nakarai, Oliver Klemet, Jaden Philogene, Zhao Jie, and Charlie Cresswell.

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Matt Richards ranks 43. Before him are Andrew Wilson (1993), Ross Murdoch (1994), Chris Walker-Hebborn (1990), Kathleen Dawson (1997), Hannah Miley (1989), and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1995). After him are Stephen Milne (1994), Michael Jamieson (1988), Freya Anderson (2001), Anna Hopkin (1996), Max Litchfield (1995), and Jazmin Carlin (1990).

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