DENNY Matthew

Australia

Athletics

Date of Birth: 2 Jun 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : BRISBANE, QLD

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Discus Throw	4

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Discus Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Discus Throw Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (61.16)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	6th (65.43)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Discus Throw
2019	1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
8	2019	Discus Throw	London, GBR	63.25

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Matty, Matt (Facebook profile, 20 Jan 2021; Queensland Academy of Sport Facebook page, 01 Oct 2019)

Hobbies:

Motorsport, golf. (Queensland Academy of Sport Facebook page, 03 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Student

Education:

Business - Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, AUS

Family:

Partner Mia

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Queensland Academy of Sport [QAS] [Australia]

Coach:

Graham Pitt [personal]

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Jonathan played professional rugby league in Australia. (athletics.com.au, 03 Nov 2020)

Injuries:

A rib injury affected him for two months in 2020. (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021)

Start:

He took up athletics in grade three of primary school. (globalsportcoach.com, 01 May 2015)

Reason:

He was involved in rugby league, football, and swimming when he was younger, but switched to athletics after breaking his collarbone. "I was always pretty active, I'd ride five kilometres to and from school every day. I played a bit of soccer and did competitive swimming and athletics but footy [rugby league] was the main sport we played. Because I was the big kid they said, 'Here, throw this', so I did and used to throw it over the teachers' heads. I enjoyed it so much. I like the technical mastery of discus and challenge of mastering a throw." (athletics.com.au, 03 Nov 2020; Queensland Academy of Sport Facebook page, 03 Aug 2020; theworkingclassman.com, 24 Oct 2015)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021; Queensland Academy of Sport Facebook page, 03 Aug 2020)

Influence:

His older brother Jonathan. (athletics.com.au, 03 Nov 2020)

Philosophy:

"Be confident in your ability, aim big, work hard, and always be smart when training. It takes a decade to build a great athlete but takes one second to break them." (theworkingclassman.com, 24 Oct 2015)

Award:

In 2013 he was named Queensland Academy of Sport [QAS] Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year. (globalsportcoach.com, 01 May 2015)

In 2013 he was named as Athletics Australia's Junior Athlete of the Year. (globalsportcoach.com, 01 May 2015)

General Interest

General
FOCUS ON DISCUS
Despite winning silver in hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, he decided to switch is focus to discus and consistently threw 65m in the event in 2019 and 2020. "With discus you don't reach your maximum strength or potential until you've had over 10 years of training, because it has such a high strength and power component which takes a long time to accumulate." (athletics.com.au, 03 Nov 2020)

OLYMPIC DREAM
Having made his Olympic debut at age 20 at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, he has set his sights on competing at a total of five Olympic Games. "I always wanted to make five Olympics when I was younger, and I still do. I made Rio when I was pretty young, if I make Tokyo I'll be going as a 25-year-old. I worked out that if I make my fifth Olympics it could be a home Games for me [with the Australian Olympic Committee interested in hosting the 2032 Games]." (athletics.com.au, 03 Nov 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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