Matthew Rowe

Matthew Rowe
Personal information
Full name Matthew Rowe
Born (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988
Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Team information
Current team NFTO
Discipline Road & Track
Role Rider
Rider type Road & Track Endurance
Amateur team(s)
0 Maindy Flyers
0 Cardiff Ajax CC
2006 Glendene CC / Bike Trax
2007–2008 Recycling.co.uk
2009 CandiTV–Marshalls Pasta
2010 Wilier-bigmaggys.com-Prendas Ciclismo[2]
2011–2012 CyclePremier.com-Metaltek
2013 NFTO[3]
Professional team(s)
2014 NFTO Pro Cycling

Matthew Rowe (born 28 April 1988) is a Welsh racing cyclist.[4]

Biography

Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Stadium. As a junior, he was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme,[5] Rowe became the 2005 junior scratch race European champion,[6] and finished eighth in the same event at the junior world championships.[7] Rowe received funding for three to four months from the Dave Rayner fund in 2007.[8] Rowe suffered from Glandular Fever in 2007, and hoping to make his mark on the Premier Calendar, riding for Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk for the 2008 season.[9]

Rowe studied at university for a business degree until 2009, with the hope of cycling full-time with the aim of a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 2010.[10] However his hopes were scuppered by injuries sustained by a crash in the Rás Tailteann.[11]

His brother Luke is also a racing cyclist, and his father Courtney coaches the Paralympian Simon Richardson.

Rowe is in a relationship with Olympic, World and European team pursuit gold medallist Dani King.[12] The couple became engaged in 2015.[13]

Matt Rowe recently (May 2015) founded Rowe & King, a cycle coaching company, alongside father Courtney, fiancee Dani King and brother Luke Rowe www.roweandking.com.[14] Rowe & King offer coaching in the sport of cycling utilising the extensive experience gained by Luke, Dani, Courtney and Matt himself.

Major results

Track

2000
1st United Kingdom Under 12 Omnium, British National Track Championships
2005
1st European Union Scratch Race, European Track Championships – Junior
2nd Team pursuit, British National Track Championships (with Jonathan Bellis, Alex Dowsett & Russell Hampton) – Senior
2nd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Ben Swift) – Senior
2006
2nd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Adam Blythe) – Senior
2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships – Junior
2007
3rd British National Derny Championships, Maindy Stadium
2010
1st United Kingdom British National Derny Championships, Quibell Park Velodrome[15]

Road

2005
2nd Welsh National Road Race Championships – Junior
2008
1st Severn Bridge Road Race
1st Border Road Race
2013
1st Norman Harris Memorial Race[3]

References

  1. ↑ Adam Tranter (6 June 2008). "A Minute With: Matt Rowe". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Bialoblocki to lead Wilier team". Cycling Weekly. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 Prosser, Mark (5 May 2013). "Road: Rowe wins Norman Harris Memorial". British Cycling. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Matt Rowe". recyclingteam.com.
  5. ↑ "Matt Rowe Bio". British Cycling. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  6. ↑ "Athletes". For Goodness Shakes!.
  7. ↑ "World Junior Track Championships – CM". Cycling News. 7 August 2005.
  8. ↑ Keith Bingham (10 November 2006). "DAVE RAYNER RIDERS NAMED". Cycling Weekly.
  9. ↑ "Matt Rowe". Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  10. ↑ Tranter, Adam (6 June 2008). "A Minute With: Matt Rowe". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  11. ↑ Sidwells, Chris (12 November 2010). "The Cotswolds with Matt Rowe". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Churchward, Sally (26 February 2013). "Hampshire Olympic cyclist Dani King talks about life after winning gold". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Dani King accepts track decision and adjusts Rio focus to road". bbc.co.uk. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.roweandking.com
  15. ↑ "British Derny Championship and Youth Omnium". WalesOnline. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.


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