Matthew Renshaw (swimmer)
Australian swimmer
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Matthew Douglas Renshaw (born 31 October 1964) is an Australian former swimmer of the 1980s and early 1990s.[1][2]
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| Born | Matthew Douglas Renshaw 31 October 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]