Matthew Kidd (born 27 October 1979) is a

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swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from Great Britain.

Swimming career

Matthew competed in the

100 metre freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, Greece, finishing 23rd fastest overall. He combined with the British squad to place 8th in the 4×100 metre medley relay final in a time of 3 minutes 37.77 seconds. His anchor split was 49.14 seconds, marginally slower than his preliminary split time of 49.05 seconds. He won the 2002 and 2004 British Championship in 100 metres freestyle.

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British Swimming athlete profile
1979 births English male swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Living people People educated at Ewell Castle School Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub

Swimming career

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