Matthew Clay
Matthew Clay was born in Nelspruit on the 27th of October, 1982 to British parents. He emigrated to Wales at age 6, where he swam with the British sprint team working in Swansea under Bill Pilczuk, the former world champion.
On the 17th March, 2006 Matthew pipped Liam Tancock to win the men's 50 metres backstroke final at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Clay won the gold in a time of 25.04 seconds, just 0.06 ahead of Tancock, who went into the final as the favourite after just missing Thomas Rupprath's world record of 24.80 in Thursday's semi-finals.
South Africa's Johannes Zandberg finished third in 25.16 to add a bronze to the gold he collected in Thursday night's 4x100m freestyle relay.
Clay, who was born in South Africa but raised in England, is a team-mate of Tancock (left) at England's Loughborough University. Tancock held the world record in the 50-metre backstroke (long course) for almost a decade.
