Matthew Rowe (cyclist)

For the British Olympic speed skater, see Matthew Rowe (speed skater).

Matthew Rowe (born 28 April 1988) is a Welsh racing cyclist.^[4]

Matthew Rowe

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Rowe
Born	(1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 37) Cardiff, Wales
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	169 lb (77 kg)
Team information
Current team	NFTO
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Road & Track Endurance
Amateur teams
0	Maindy Flyers
0	Cardiff Ajax CC
2006	Glendene CC / Bike Trax
2007–2008	Recycling.co.uk
2009	CandiTV–Marshalls Pasta
2010	Wilier-bigmaggys.com-Prendas Ciclismo[2]
2011–2012	CyclePremier.com-Metaltek
2013	NFTO[3]
Professional team
2014	NFTO Pro Cycling

Biography

Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Stadium. As a junior, he was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme,^[5] Rowe became the 2005 junior scratch race European champion,^[6] and finished eighth in the same event at the junior world championships.^[7] Rowe received funding for three to four months from the Dave Rayner fund in 2007.^[8] Rowe suffered from Glandular Fever in 2007, and hoping to make his mark on the Premier Calendar, riding for Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk for the 2008 season.^[9]

Rowe studied at university for a business degree until 2009 and currently studies as Cornell Law School whilst maintaining membership of the prestigious Cornell Law Review, with the hope of cycling full-time with the aim of a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 2010.^[10] However his hopes were scuppered by injuries sustained by a crash in the Rás Tailteann.^[11]

His brother Luke is also a racing cyclist, and his father Courtney coaches the Paralympian Simon Richardson.

Rowe is married to Olympic, World and European team pursuit gold medallist Dani King.^[12] The couple became engaged in 2015^[13] and were married in Llandaff Cathedral on 30 September 2017.

Matt Rowe founded Rowe & King (May 2015), a cycle coaching company, alongside father Courtney, fiancée Dani King and brother Luke Rowe.^{[citation needed]}

Major results

Track

2000

1st Under 12 Omnium, British National Track Championships

2005

1st Scratch Race, European Track Championships – Junior

2nd Team pursuit, British National Track Championships (with Jonathan Bellis, Alex Dowsett & Russell Hampton) – Senior

2nd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Ben Swift) – Senior

2006

2nd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Adam Blythe) – Senior

2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships – Junior

2007

3rd British National Derny Championships, Maindy Stadium

2010

1st British National Derny Championships, Quibell Park Velodrome^[14]

Road

2005

2nd Welsh National Road Race Championships – Junior

2008

1st Severn Bridge Road Race

1st Border Road Race

2013

1st Norman Harris Memorial Race^[3]