Matthew Stewart Yates (born 4 February 1969)Matt Yates. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-12. is a retired English athlete who specialised in the middle-distance events.
Biography Yates won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 800 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Yates became the British 1500 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1991 AAA Championships and the 1993 AAA Championships.
Competition record Representing and 1990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand3rd800m1:46.62European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia8th800 m1:48.421991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan10th1500 m3:38.711992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy1st1500 m3:42.32Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain21st (sf)1500 m3:40.531993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany6th1500 m3:37.611997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece22nd (h)1500 m3:38.341998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th1500 m3:42.63
Personal bests Outdoor 800 metres – 1:45.05 (Koblenz 1992) 1000 metres – 2:16.34 (Edinburgh 1990) 1500 metres – 3:35.04 (London 1995) One mile – 3:52.75 (Oslo 1993)
Indoor 800 metres – 1:50.19 (Birmingham 1997) 1000 metres – 2:17.86 (Birmingham 1992) 1500 metres – 3:44.01 (Ghent 1996) One mile – 3:54.78 (Birmingham 1992) 3000 metres – 7:50.82 (Seville 1993)
References
All-Athletics profile