Andrew Matthews (born ) is a British

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Matthews competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

for Great Britain. He teamed with driver

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, John Baines and

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in the Great Britain-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 19th. He was a late replacement after

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was injured. As of April 2014, his best showing at the

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is 23rd, coming in the four-man event in

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. Matthews was born in

Slough Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, ...

, and made his

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debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, his best finish is 8th, in a four-man event in

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. Matthews was a member of the British gold medal winning 4x100 metre relay team at the

2003 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23 to 27 July 2003. A total of 44 events were contested; 22 by men and 22 by women. Germany had the biggest medal haul with nine golds and a total of 26, closely fo ...

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