Matthew Renshaw (swimmer)

Matthew Renshaw
Personal information
Birth nameMatthew Douglas Renshaw
Born (1964-10-31) 31 October 1964 (age 60)
Sport
Country Australia
SportSwimming
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4×100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 1985 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle

Matthew Douglas Renshaw (born 31 October 1964) is an Australian former swimmer of the 1980s and early 1990s.[1][2]

Renshaw, a graduate of Sydney's Barker College, trained with the Carlile swimming club.[3]

During the 1980s, Renshaw featured in Australia's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay quartet known as the "Mean Machine", which most famously included Neil Brooks.[4] At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, he and his teammates set a games record in the final to win the 4 × 100 m freestyle gold medal. He won a further Commonwealth Games gold medal in Auckland in 1990, swimming the heats for the winning 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team.[5]

Renshaw swam in two World Championships, in Madrid in 1986 and Perth in 1991.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Knee operation for Renshaw". The Canberra Times. 10 September 1985. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Dual captains for swim team". The Canberra Times. 17 December 1990. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Sydney club wins well". The Canberra Times. 19 December 1983. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Mean Machine angel". The Canberra Times. 18 May 1986. p. 2 (Sport) – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Tucker, Jim (10 March 2018). "Mean Machine won gold medals and Australia's adoration". The Courier-Mail.
  6. ^ "Hard times for retiring coach". The Canberra Times. 1 January 1991. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.