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{{short description|Australian archer}}
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'''Matthew Gray''' (born 24 June 1973) is an Australian archer.  His day job is being a water policeman. He has participated in three Olympic Games and won a gold medal at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]].
==Personal==
Born in [[Yea, Victoria]], Gray is a water policeman.<ref name=threetimes/><ref name=sky-kim-age/><ref name=schoolboyt>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/news/Gray-matter-in-Aussie-archery/articleshow/6721724.cms |title=Gray matter in Aussie archery&nbsp;– The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=10 October 2010 |accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=archeryfent/><ref name=boatahrd>{{cite web|last=Gardiner |first=James |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/461586/gray-brings-home-gold/ |title=Gray brings home gold – Local News – Sport – Other – Newcastle Herald |publisher=Theherald.com.au |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=7 June 2012}}</ref> He is from [[Port Stephens Council|Port Stephens]].<ref name=sky-kim-age/><ref name=wife-named-kathy/> He is married, 47, and his wife is a school teacher.<ref name=wife-named-kathy>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/archery/rivals-prove-poles-apart/2008/08/11/1218306780035.html |title=Archery&nbsp;– Sports&nbsp;– Olympics |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=12 August 2008 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> He has two daughters.<ref name=threetimes/> He has a nursing degree.<ref name="schoolboyt" /> While training for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he was also doing shift work at John James Hospital in Canberra.<ref name="schoolboyt"/>

==Archery==
Gray competes in [[archery]]. His father bought him his first bow at a garage sale,<ref name=archeryfent/> and he has been competing in archery for over thirty years.<ref name=threetimes/> He attributed becoming a cop with making him more aggressive as a competitor.<ref name="schoolboyt" /> He was an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] archery scholarship holder.<ref name=arhcierchais>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |title=Olympic Games : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Australian Institute of Sport |date=9 January 2008 |accessdate=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |archivedate=6 June 2011 }}</ref>

Gray has won several medals. At the 1988 World Field Championships in Bolzano, Italy, he won a bronze medal in the junior men's recurve event.<ref name=archeryaustra>{{cite web|url=http://www.archery.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=42412 |title=Archery Australia |publisher=Archery Australia |accessdate=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711020819/http://www.archery.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=42412 |archivedate=11 July 2012 }}</ref>
At the 1992 World Field Championships in Margraten, Netherlands, he was part of the Australian gold medal winning men's team alongside Clint Freeman and Tony Pitt Lancaster.<ref name="archeryaustra"/> He won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event at the 1994 World Field Championships in Vertus, France.<ref name="archeryaustra"/>

Gray placed 4th in the teams event at the [[1996 Atlanta Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hunter Olympian Profiles|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/485958/hunter-olympian-profiles/|access-date=4 October 2015|work=[[Newcastle Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|date=4 August 2008}}</ref> He won a gold in the men's recurve event at the 1998 European Grand Prix in Czech Republic.  His teammates included Simon Fairweather, and Scott Hunter-Russell.<ref name="archeryaustra" /> In 1999, he won a team gold medal at the world indoor championships.<ref name=199medal>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1084724/1/.html |title=Commonwealth Games English archer Danielle targets CGames gold |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |date=2 October 2010 |accessdate=7 June 2012}}</ref> At the 2008 World Cup in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, he was part of the Australian silver medal winning recurve team that.<ref name="archeryaustra" />

In March 2003, he was ranked the fourth best male Australian archer in recurve, ahead of [[Robert Turner (archer)|Robert Turner]].  That month, he had 2520 points.<ref name=arhustalianarcher2003>{{cite journal|journal=Australian Archer|date=March 2003|page=29|publisher=Australian Archery|title=National Ranking List, March 2003|volume=10|id=Print Post Publication no. PP636447/001|location=Panania, New South Wales}}</ref> In 2010, he participated in World Cup competitions in Croatia, Turkey and China.<ref name=boatahrd/> He attended a national team training camp in Canberra in September 2011.<ref name=shadow-olympics/> He attended a national team training camp in Canberra in March 2012.<ref name=shadow-olympics/> At the 2012 National Target Archery Championships, he finished fourth as a member of ANSW.<ref name=alongsideingley3>{{cite web|url=http://210.247.205.118/assets/console/document/documents/2012nctargetfinal1.pdf |publisher=Archery Australia |accessdate=6 June 2012 |title=2012 National Target Archery Championships |location=Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory |date=March 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he trained in his garage.<ref name=threetimes/> He represented Australia at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]].<ref name=threetimes/><ref name="schoolboyt" /><ref name=2010-commonwealth-games>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/commonwealth-games-2010/comm-games-news/australia-wins-archery-gold-20101008-16c7n.html |title=Australia wins archery gold |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=8 October 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=second-commonwealth>{{cite web|url=http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/how-the-aussies-fared-on-oct-8-20101009-16ct7.html |title=How the Aussies fared on Oct 8 |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=9 October 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=isdisapointed>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-09/golden-aussies-back-archerys-future/2291242 |title=Golden Aussies back archery's future&nbsp;– ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=9 October 2010 |accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref> He competed in the men's recurve archery team event where he took home a gold medal with a team score of 219, defeating Malaysia who were ranked third in the world at the time and had an event score of 212.<ref name="schoolboyt" /><ref name=2010-commonwealth-games/><ref name="second-commonwealth" /><ref name=isdisapointed/> He also competed in the individual event on the final day of the competition.  In the quarter finals, he went up against [[Chu Sian Cheng]].<ref name=final-day-2010>{{cite web|url=http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/archers-aim-to-end-games-on-a-high-20101010-16de0.html |title=Archers aim to end Games on a high |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=10 October 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> At the Games, he was coached by [[Simon Fairweather]].<ref name=threetimes>{{cite web|url=http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/elder-statesman-leads-team-to-gold-20101008-16a5z.html |title=Elder statesman leads team to gold |publisher=The Age |date=8 October 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> He was Australia's oldest competitor at the Games.<ref name="schoolboyt" /> In 2010, he was hoping his Commonwealth Games experiences would prepare him for Olympic selection for 2012 in London.<ref name=threetimes/>

He has participated in three Olympic Games in the archery event.<ref name=archeryfent>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-13/new-old-archers-bound-for-delhi/943546 |title=New, old archers bound for Delhi&nbsp;– ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=13 August 2010 |accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref> He represented Australia in archery at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=threetimes /><ref name=sky-kim-age/> As a thirty-five-year-old, he represented Australia in archery at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=threetimes/><ref name=sky-kim-age>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/archery/australias-archer-in-the-sky/2008/07/18/1216163203219.html |title=Archery&nbsp;– Sports&nbsp;– Olympics |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |first1=James |last1=Allen |date=19 July 2008 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=wife-named-kathy/> He competed in both the team and individual events.<ref name=best-medal-chance>{{cite web |url=http://news.theage.com.au/sport/kim-leads-archery-hopes-for-beijing-20080221-1tkw.html |title=Kim leads archery hopes for Beijing |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=21 February 2008 |accessdate=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002123856/http://news.theage.com.au/sport/kim-leads-archery-hopes-for-beijing-20080221-1tkw.html |archivedate=2 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Children in his wife's class cheered for him at the Games and he kept in touch with the class during the Games.<ref name=wife-named-kathy/> Going into the knock out stage in the team competition, Australia was ranked ninth.<ref name=wife-named-kathy />

In one of the early rounds of the 2008 Games, he lost to [[Chu Sian Cheng]] of Malaysia.<ref name=score2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-13/archers-on-target-early-for-australia/475178 |title=Archers on target early for Australia&nbsp;– ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=13 August 2008 |accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref> In September 2011, he was named to the Australian archery shadow Olympic team.<ref name=shadow-olympics>{{cite web|url=http://archery.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=42398 |title=Archery Australia High Performance Program Update |publisher=Archery Australia |first=Lucy |last=Warhurst |date=5 September 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320153307/http://archery.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=42398 |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}</ref> In October 2011, he participated in a 2012 Summer Olympics test event in London at the Lord's cricket ground.<ref name=testevemt>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/aussie-archers-test-out-venue-for-2012-olympic-games/story-fn9dheyx-1226157895907 |title=Aussie archers test out venue for 2012 Olympic Games  |publisher=Herald Sun|location=Melbourne, Australia |date=4 October 2011 |accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref> In January 2012, he represented Australia at the 2012 Oceania Olympic qualifying event in New Zealand.<ref name=made-podium>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/archers-bang-on-target-20120102-1picx.html |title=Archers bang on target |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=3 January 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> In March at the 2012 Olympic Games Nomination Shoot Results, he finished fourth with a score of 2587.<ref name=shooteventaus>{{cite web|url=http://www.archery.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=24579 |title=Archery Australia |publisher=Archery.org.au |accessdate=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424194309/http://www.archery.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=24579 |archivedate=24 April 2012 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Archery}}
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{Olympics.com|matthew-gray}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGA profile|matthew-gray}}
* {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|275750}}

{{National squad
  | name      = Australia National Archery Team –  2012
  | bg        = Green
  | fg        = Yellow
  | country   = Australia
  | team link = Australia national archery team
  | title     = Australia archery squad
  | comp      =  Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  | comp link =  Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  | p1        =  [[Taylor Worth]]
  | p2        =  Matthew Gray
  | p3        = [[Ryan Tyack]]
  | p4        = [[Sky Kim]]
  | p5        = [[Mathew Masonwells]]
  | p6        = [[Jesse McDonald (archer)|Jesse McDonald]]
  | p7        = [[Deonne Bridger]]
  | p8        = [[Alice Ingley]]
  | coach     =  
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