Matthew Beckenham (born 18 March 1976) is an Australian

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

. He has coached Olympic athletes - Melissa Breen, Lauren Wells and

Brendan Cole Brendan Cole (born 23 April 1976) is a New Zealand ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC One show, ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2004 to 2017. From 2005 to ...

and Paralympic athletes -

Sarah Walsh Sarah Ann Walsh (born 11 January 1983) is an Australian former Association football, soccer player who is Head of Women's Football at Football Australia. A Forward (association football), forward, she played for the Australia women's national ...

and

Chad Perris Chad Perris (born 15 June 1992) is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with albinism. He specialises in the 100m and 200m events. He has won two silver and two bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal a ...

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1976 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub