Why Matthew O’Dowd is on this page

Matthew O’Dowd (born 15 April 1976) is a former long-distance runner who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, O’Dowd represented Great Britain in the men’s marathon.

O’Dowd became the British 3000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1996 AAA Championships. He also finished on the podium on two occasions in the 5,000 metres event in 1999 and 2000

Additionally, O’Dowd was classified British 10,000 metres champion by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete at the 2004 AAA Championships.

Matthew O’Dowd at World Athletics

Matthew O’Dowd at Olympics.com

Matthew O’Dowd at Team GB

Matthew O’Dowd at Olympedia

Matthew O’Dowd at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

Sources

• Wikipedia — article.
• Wikidata Q30093220.

Heritage notes

Family root: diaspora-likely.

The directory threads Matthew O’Dowd back to the Ó Dubhda clan story via the surname-variants reality — the same family carried these spellings as it scattered. See the septs and the diaspora for the wider pattern, or the Clan DNA Project for the genetic connections being mapped now.