Matthew Glaetzer


Matthew Glaetzer is an Australian track cyclist.

Career

He competed in the team sprint event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the 2012 World Championship in the team sprint with Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins.
Glaetzer represented Australia in the men's sprint, men's keirin, and men's team sprint events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 12 November 2017, at the World Cup competition in Manchester, Glaetzer became the first rider ever to break the 1:00 minute mark for 1 km time trial, at sea level velodrome.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Glaetzer won gold in the men's keirin. He was eliminated from the men's sprint in the quarterfinals. The next day, he won gold in the men's 1km time trial.

Competition record

Personal life

Glaetzer is a Christian. He stated that he has been a Christian all his life, but drifted from God during his teens due to injuries. He rededicated his life to God a camp run by his local church. He also said God gave him the gift of cycling. Glaetzer leads a youth group at Influencers Church in Paradise, Adelaide.
Glaetzer is a student at University of South Australia, where he is studying a degree in Human Movement. He has stated that he wants to go into physiotherapy when he retires from cycling.