Matthew Bowe (born 13 June 1983) is a British swimming coach and former butterfly swimmer. Bowe, raised in the Cumbrian village of

Silecroft The village of Silecroft in Cumbria, England, is in the parish of Whicham. It is situated between the towns of Millom and Bootle, Cumbria, Bootle, and also neighbours the towns/villages of Haverigg, Kirksanton and Whitbeck, Cumbria, Whitbeck. T ...

, was British national champion in the 100 metre butterfly. He swam the butterfly leg in England's silver medal-winning medley relay performance at the

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held i ...

. In 2007 he represented Great Britain at the World Championships, placing fifth with the medley relay team. He attended

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

and participated in two editions of the

World University Games The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

. Since 2013, Bowe has coached swimming at collegiate level in the United States, most recently with UC Berkeley, where he is the men's associate head coach. Previously he was a senior associate head coach at Ohio State University.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowe, Matt 1983 births Living people British male butterfly swimmers English male swimmers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Alumni of Loughborough University Ohio State Buckeyes swimming coaches California Golden Bears swimming coaches English swimming coaches Sportspeople from Cumbria