Matthew Quinn (sprinter)
South African sprinter
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Mathew Quinn (born 17 April 1976 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) was a South African sprinter. Together with Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis and Lee-Roy Newton he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.
He is married to former sprinter Heide Seyerling.
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 10.08 (1999)
- 200 metres – 20.93 (1999)
External links
- Matthew Quinn at World Athletics
- Matthew Quinn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Matthew Quinn at Olympics.com
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World champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay
- 1983:
Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA) - 1987: Lee McRae, Lee Vernon McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis (USA)
- 1991: Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis (USA)
- 1993: Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell, Calvin Smith (USA)
- 1995:
Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin (CAN) - 1997: Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN)
- 1999: Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene (USA)
- 2001:
Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton, Matthew Quinn (RSA) - 2003: John Capel, Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Joshua J. Johnson (USA)
- 2005:
Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy, Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA) - 2007: Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon, Rodney Martin (USA)
- 2009:
Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lerone Clarke (JAM) - 2011: Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Dexter Lee (JAM)
- 2013: Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey (JAM)
- 2015: Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)
- 2017:
CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR) - 2019: Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles, Cravon Gillespie (USA)
- 2022: Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse (CAN)
- 2023: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles, J.T. Smith (USA)
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