Cecil Matthews
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1938 Sydney | 3 miles |
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1938 Sydney | 6 miles |
Cecil Henry Matthews (13 October 1914 – 8 November 1987) was a New Zealand long distance runner from Canterbury, who represented New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin and New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics he was eliminated from the 5000 metre event, finishing seventh in his heat, and was scratched from the 10,000 metres. He had tendon problems (like Pat Boot, who also had a disappointing result at Berlin), from running on the decks of the Wanganella.
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won two gold medals, in the three-mile (5 km) race where he beat Peter Ward, and the six-mile (10 km) event (although he had no experience at this distance, which did not appear on the New Zealand programme until 1948).
He was born in Christchurch. He served in the Air Force in World War II, then moved to Auckland where he died.
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- 1914 births
- 1987 deaths
- New Zealand long-distance runners
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic athletes of New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- People from Canterbury, New Zealand
- New Zealand people of World War II
