Matthew Gray

Matthew Gray (born 24 June 1973) is an Australian archer. His day job is being a water policeman. He has participated in three Olympic Games and won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Personal Born in Yea, Victoria, Gray is a water policeman. He is from Port Stephens. He is married, 47, and his wife is a school teacher. He has two daughters. He has a nursing degree. While training for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he was also doing shift work at John James Hospital in Canberra. Archery Gray competes in archery. His father bought him his first bow at a garage sale, and he has been competing in archery for over thirty years. He attributed becoming a cop with making him more aggressive as a competitor. He was an Australian Institute of Sport archery scholarship holder. Gray has won several medals. At the 1988 World Field Championships in Bolzano, Italy, he won a bronze medal in the junior men's recurve event. At the 1992 World Field Championships in Margraten, Netherlands, he was part of the Australian gold medal winning men's team alongside Clint Freeman and Tony Pitt Lancaster. He won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event at the 1994 World Field Championships in Vertus, France.