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| Born | Matthew Philip Syed 2 November 1970 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford | |||||||||||
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| Spouse | Kathy Weeks | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Website | www | |||||||||||
Matthew Philip Syed (born 2 November 1970) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and former table tennis player. He competed as an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years.
He is a three-time men's singles champion at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships[1] (in 1997, 2000 and 2001), and also competed for Great Britain in two Olympic Games: at Barcelona in 1992 and at Sydney in 2000.[2]
During his sporting career, Syed entered journalism, and later became a writer. He has worked for The Times newspaper since 1999, and has published several books.
- ^ "Matthew Syed – Award Winning Journalist, Best-Selling Author, & Broadcaster". Personally Speaking. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Matthew Syed". olympics.org.uk. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 23 August 2008.