Matt Cowdrey

Matt Cowdrey
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Cowdrey
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Colton
Assumed office
17 March 2018
Preceded byPaul Caica
Personal details
Born
Matthew John Cowdrey

(1988-12-22) 22 December 1988
Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
Sports career
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Backstroke, Butterfly, Medley
ClassificationsS9, SB8, SM9
ClubMarion
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 13 7 3
World Championships (LC) 16 3 2
World Championships (SC) 7 2 0
Commonwealth Games 3 1 0
Total 39 13 5
Men's paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
2004 Athens100 m freestyle S9
2004 Athens200 m medley SM9
2004 Athens4×100 m medley
2008 Beijing50 m freestyle S9
2008 Beijing100 m freestyle S9
2008 Beijing100 m backstroke S9
2008 Beijing200 m medley SM9
2008 Beijing4×100 m medley
2012 London50 m freestyle S9
2012 London100 m freestyle S9
2012 London100 m backstroke S9
2012 London200 m medley SM9
2012 London4×100 m freestyle
2004 Athens100 m butterfly S9
2004 Athens4×100 m freestyle
2008 Beijing100 m butterfly S9
2008 Beijing400 m freestyle S9
2008 Beijing4×100 m freestyle
2012 London100 m breaststroke SB8
2012 London100 m butterfly S9
2004 Athens50 m freestyle S9
2004 Athens400 m freestyle S9
2012 London4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
2006 Durban50 m freestyle S9
2006 Durban100 m freestyle S9
2006 Durban100 m butterfly S9
2006 Durban200 medley SM9
2006 Durban4×100 m medley
2010 Eindhoven50 m freestyle S9
2010 Eindhoven100 m freestyle S9
2010 Eindhoven100 m backstroke S9
2010 Eindhoven200 m medley SM9
2010 Eindhoven4×100 m freestyle
2010 Eindhoven4×100 m medley
2013 Montreal50 m freestyle S9
2013 Montreal100 m freestyle S9
2013 Montreal100 m backstroke S9
2013 Montreal200 m medley SM9
2013 Montreal4×100 m freestyle
2006 Durban100 m backstroke S9
2006 Durban4×100 m freestyle
2010 Eindhoven100 m butterfly S9
2006 Durban400 m freestyle S9
2013 Montreal100 m butterfly S9
World Championships (SC)
2009 Rio de Janeiro50 m freestyle S9
2009 Rio de Janeiro100 m freestyle S9
2009 Rio de Janeiro100 m backstroke S9
2009 Rio de Janeiro100 m medley SM9
2009 Rio de Janeiro200 m medley SM9
2009 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m freestyle
2009 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m medley
2009 Rio de Janeiro100 m breaststroke SB9
2009 Rio de Janeiro100 m butterfly S9
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne50 m freestyle EAD
2006 Melbourne100 m freestyle EAD
2010 Delhi50 m freestyle S9
2014 Glasgow100 m freestyle S9

Matthew John Cowdrey (born 22 December 1988) is an Australian politician and Paralympic swimmer. He presently holds numerous world records. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops just below the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Paralympic Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the 2012 Paralympic Games. After the 2012 London Games, he is the most successful Australian Paralympian, having won thirteen Paralympic gold medals and twenty three Paralympic medals in total. On 10 February 2015, Cowdrey announced his retirement from swimming.

Cowdrey contested and won the seat of Colton at the 2018 state election in South Australia for the Liberal Party.