Matthew Lister
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's canoe slalom | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| World Championships | ||
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2011 Bratislava | C2 team |
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2013 Prague | C2 team |
| U23 World Championships | ||
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2012 Wausau | C2 team |
| U23 European Championships | ||
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2012 Solkan | C2 |
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2011 Banja Luka | C2 team |
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2012 Solkan | C2 team |
| Junior European Championships | ||
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2009 Liptovský Mikuláš | C2 |
Matthew Lister (born 1992) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2008 to 2015, predominantly in the C2 class with Rhys Davies.
He won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2011 and 2013.[1]
Lister came out as gay in 2012.[2] In 2016, he announced his retirement from competitive sport. He currently[when?] writes a fitness column for Attitude magazine, and occasionally works as a model, including advertising campaigns in 2017 for Rowse Honey and Moss Brothers suits. In October 2019, he appeared in RuPaul's Drag Race UK as a member of the "Brit Crew".[3] He is also an LGBT ambassador for the British Athletes Commission.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Matthew LISTER (GBR)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Attitude cover star Matt Lister: I didn’t want to come out while I was in school". Attitude, May 22, 2016.
- ^ Sonoma, Serena (11 October 2019). "The Hunky Otter From 'RuPaul's Drag Race U.K's Brit Crew Is Engaged". Out.
- ^ "Former Canoeing Champ Is Gay, Hairy, and Proud". Out. 30 May 2016.
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