| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew White |
| Born | 22 February 1974 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | GreenEDGE |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Sporting Director |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998 1999–2000 2001–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 |
Amore & Vita-ForzArcore Vini Caldirola US Postal Cofidis Discovery Channel |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2008–2011 | Slipstream-Chipotle GreenEDGE |
| Infobox last updated on 11 December 2011 |
|
Matthew ("Matt") White (born 22 February 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian sporting director who works for GreenEDGE[1] and formerly worked for Garmin-Cervélo.[2]. He used to be a professional road racing cyclist.
White started competitive cycling at age 14. Like so many other Australian professional riders he started his career on the track under Charlie Walsh, competing in the Junior World Championship in Athens. In 1994 he attended the Commonwealth Games in Victoria Canada, his fourth spot in the Team Time Trial was taken by soon to be retired Phil Anderson but he did compete in & finish the road race. Turning professional in 1996 at age 22 with the Giant-Australian Institute of Sport team under the GIANT-A.I.S. Sports Director and Australian National Coach, German born Heiko Salzwedel. During this period the team's European headquarters were based in Cottbus, Germany.
After 2 years with the Australian GIANT-AIS Cycling Team, White then went through Italian teams Amore & Vita-ForzArcore (1998) and Vini Caldirola (1999) before finding himself on the US Postal Service team from 2001 through to 2003. In this period White was not selected to ride the Tour de France with Lance Armstrong but did ride the 2003 Vuelta a España in support of Roberto Heras.[3] In 2004, Matthew moved to the French Cofidis team to join fellow Australian Stuart O'Grady.
He was selected in the Cofidis team to ride the 2004 Tour de France, but did not make the start line after falling and breaking his collar bone just hours prior to the start. Much to his relief he was selected again in 2005 and made it to the start. In 2005 he won stage 4 at Tour Down Under.
White also coached his wife, Jane Saville, to a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the 20 km race walk.[4] The couple split their time between Sydney and Olivia, Spain.