Matthew Hudson-Smith

Matthew Hudson-Smith
Hudson-Smith in 2023
Personal information
Born (1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 30)
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 4 x 400m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 400 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Zürich 4 x 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 4 x 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Zürich 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 4 x 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Amsterdam 4 x 400 m relay
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 400 m

Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres and is the 5th fastest athlete of all-time over the distance.[2] As of September 2024 he is ranked as the number one 400m runner in the world[3] and has won six British titles (five in the 400m and one in the 200m), five Diamond League events, two individual European titles, an individual Olympic silver medal, World Championships silver and bronze individual medals and an individual Commonwealth silver medal.[4] He has also won a number of relay titles including an Olympic bronze medal, World Championships bronze medal, two European gold medals, one European silver medal, one European bronze medal and a Commonwealth Games gold medal.[4] Hudson-Smith also holds the European and British 4x400m records (2:55.83) along with the GB Team who ran in the final of the men's 4x400m event in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

He holds, as of September 2024 the British and European record, running a personal best of 43.44 seconds for the distance at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He currently holds the top 5 fastest times ever run by a European Athlete in the 400m and is widely considered to be the greatest British and European 400m runner in history.[5]

As of 2022, Hudson-Smith is the most decorated British male athlete in European Championships history, with seven medals, second overall only to French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre.

  1. ^ "HUDSON-SMITH Matthew". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "400 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "World Rankings | Men's 400m (300m-500m)". worldathletics.org.
  4. ^ a b "Matthew HUDSON-SMITH | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  5. ^ "Top Lists - All Time". European Athletics. Retrieved 3 November 2024.