Matthew Robert Downes

Biography

16-year-old Matthew will be representing New Zealand in Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. He is a student at Mount Albert Grammar School and is a member of Dilworth School Wrestling team. Matthew’s hobbies include wrestling, computer games and reading. Matthew began wrestling in 2010 and so far his sporting highlight is winning gold at the 2014 Oceania Championships. 

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Fast facts

Sport
Wrestling - Greco-Roman
Birth place
Waitakere, Auckland
Born
1997
Height
1760cm