Matthew Quinn (sprinter)

For other people named Matthew Quinn, see Matthew Quinn (disambiguation).

Matthew Quinn

Personal information
Born	(1976-04-17) 17 April 1976 (age 48) Salisbury, Rhodesia
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  South Africa World Championships 2001 Edmonton 4x100 m relay Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca 100 metres

Mathew Quinn (born 17 April 1976 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) was a South African sprinter. Together with Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis and Lee-Roy Newton he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.

Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.

He is married to former sprinter Heide Seyerling.

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.08 (1999)
• 200 metres – 20.93 (1999)

External links

• Matthew Quinn at World Athletics
• Matthew Quinn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Matthew Quinn at Olympics.com