Peter Matthews (born 13 November 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the

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. He is an Olympic silver medalist as a member of the Jamaican

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team in Rio. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing reaching the semifinals. In addition, he won the silver medal at the

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. His personal best in the event is 44.69 set in the qualifying round at Beijing in 2015. Matthews ran for

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International competitions

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1989 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Sportspeople from Manchester Parish World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica FISU World University Games silver medalists for Jamaica Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub