Matthew Long

Matthew Long (born 27 June 1975) is an Australian former Olympian rower. He was an Australian national champion, a representative at World Championships and won a bronze medal in the coxless pair at Sydney 2000 Club and state rowing Long attended Newington College and coached by Olympian and Old Newingtonian Michael Morgan. He rowed three times in Newington crews at the New South Wales GPS Head of the River, and twice won the 1st VIII event in 1991 and 1992. Long's senior club rowing was initially from the Sydney Rowing Club and later after his relocation to Victoria, from the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne. Long was selected at stroke in the New South Wales state representative men's eight to contest the 1998.King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2002 he raced the King's Cup in the Victorian state eight and won that event.