Redmond Matthews
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 31 January 1992 |
| Home town | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Years active | 2013– |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Event | Lightweight sculler |
| Club | Mercantile Rowing Club |
| Coached by | Rhett Ayliffe, Lyall McCarthy, Mark Prater, David Fraumano |
Redmond Matthews (born 31 January 1992) is an Australian representative lightweight rower. He is a three-time Australian national champion, and has represented twice at World Championships.
His Australian senior club rowing has been from the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne.[2] He won the lightweight sculling title at the 2012 national Australian University Championships racing for Monash University.[3] In 2013 he raced for Australia at the World University Games - the 2013 Summer Universiade held in Kazan, Russia. He won his semi-final.
Matthews began competing in Mercantile colours in the open division at the Australian national championships in 2012. He raced for national championships in the LW8+ in 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2019; the LWM1X in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022; the LW2X in 2017; the LW4X in 2014; the LM4- in 2019; and the open-weight single in 2021. He won those national titles in the lightweight coxless four in 2019 and in the lightweight single scull in 2022.[4][5]
Matthews first made state selection for Victoria in the 2013 lightweight men's four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[6] He was further selected in Victorian Penrith Cup fours in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019.[7] In that 2019 crew he won the Australian title.[8] In 2021 and 2022 he raced as Victoria's representative single sculler in the President's Cup, taking the bronze medal in that event in 2022.[9]