Matthew Hauser

Matthew Hauser, hailing from Hervey Bay, entered Paris 2024 as Australia's premier triathlete and top-10 ranked in the world. His journey to success has been nothing short of meteoric.

2017 was a breakthrough year for Matt, securing the junior World Championship in Rotterdam with an almost 30-second lead over his competitors.

Representing Australia at his first Commonwealth Games in 2018 in front of a home Queensland crowd on the Gold Coast, Matt missed the podium by a heartbreaking two seconds in his individual event. He was, however, a member of the Australian mixed relay team that won the gold medal. He finished his leg of the relay with the fastest time in the entire field, leading Australia to victory over England and New Zealand.

Matt finished 2018 on a rough note, recuperating from a fractured metacarpal, as well as undergoing a shoulder reconstruction on the Gold Coast which kept him out of competition for a year. Competing in his first triathlon following the year off in May of 2019 at the Chengdu and Nur-Saltan ITU Triathlon World Cup, he walked away with two gold medals.

In 2021, Matt added another feather to his cap by securing the bronze at the U23 World Championships. The big carrot was the Olympic dream which was always in the back of Matt’s mind heading towards Tokyo.

His Olympic debut at the delayed 2020 Games saw him finish 24th in a commendable time of 1:47:35. Matt also competed alongside Ash Gentle, Jacob Birtwhistle and Emma Jeffcoat in the mixed relay triathlon where the team finished ninth in a strong field.

Matt claimed his maiden win in the World Triathlon Championship Series in Montreal in 2023. Despite leading out of the water after the 750-metre swim to start the sprint distance format, he had plenty of work to do after the field jockeyed for positions through the 20-kilometre bike leg on a slippery road surface and produced the fastest 5km run of the day to claim the victory.

Three months later at the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Finals held in Pontevedra, Matt qualified for the Olympics in Paris 2024 with an eighth place finish in the individual event.

In the lead up to the Games he also won the 2024 Oceania Triathlon Championships held in Taupo, New Zealand. He won by a convincing 29 seconds from New Zealand triathlete Taylor Reid.

At the Paris 2024 Olympics Matt finished 7th in the individual event, an Australian Olympic men's result only bettered by Greg Bennett’s fourth at Athens 2004 and Mile Stewart’s sixth at Sydney 2000.

Then with the Australian Mixed Relay Triathlon team of Natalie Van Coevorden, Luke Willian and Sophie Linn, they finished 12th in 1:28.50.