RICHARDS Matthew

European Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x200Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (49.01)	H (1:50.17)	2nd (3:11.56)	1st	2nd (7:04.61)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Matt (Facebook page, 07 Jan 2019)

Watching rugby, cars. (sport.wales, 06 Aug 2019; a.isl.global, 21 Dec 2019)

Athlete

English

National Centre Bath [Great Britain]

Jol Finck [club]

He began swimming at age five at Droitwich Leisure Centre in England. (mattrichardsswim.co.uk, 05 Jul 2019)

While on a family holiday at age five in Tenerife, Spain, he took off his armbands and jumped into the deep end of the pool. "My parents both had a heart attack, my dad ran in and jumped in after me but I was fine and I loved it and that was where I found I had a real love for the water." (sport.wales, 06 Aug 2019)

To reach a final at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (britishswimming.org, 13 Nov 2020; sport.wales, 06 Aug 2019)

Winning gold in the 100m freestyle at the 2019 European Junior Championships in Kazan, Russian Federation. (a.isl.global, 21 Dec 2019)

Coaches Marc Spackman and Tom Elgar. (britishswimming.org, 13 Nov 2020)

"Enjoy every day as if it's your last." (a.isl.global, 21 Dec 2019)

In 2019 he was named Young Swimmer of the Year by swimming website Pullbuoy. (pullbuoy.co.uk, 31 Dec 2019)