Bio

Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He holds a personal best of 44.48 seconds for the distance set during the semifinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he qualified for the final and finished in 8th place with a time of 44.61. Hudson-Smith was a gold medallist in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and a gold medallist in the 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. He was also a double bronze medallist at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships.