Matthew Stewart "Matt" Yates (born 4 February 1969 in Rochford, Essex) is a retired English athlete who specialised in the middle-distance events.

Athletics career

Yates won the

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in the 1500 metres at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. He represented

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and won a

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in the 800 metres event, at the

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Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *800 metres – 1:45.05 (Koblenz 1992) *1000 metres – 2:16.34 (Edinburgh 1990) *1500 metres – 3:35.04 (London 1995) *One mile – 3:52.75 (Oslo 1993) Indoor *800 metres – 1:50.19 (Birmingham 1997) *1000 metres – 2:17.86 (Birmingham 1992) *1500 metres – 3:44.01 (Ghent 1996) *One mile – 3:54.78 (Birmingham 1992) *3000 metres – 7:50.82 (Seville 1993)

References

All-Athletics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Matthew 1969 births Living people English male middle-distance runners British male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Rochford Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics