What did Matt Shirvington win?

Former Australian athlete, Matt Shirvington competed in the Athletics World Championship from 1999 to 2007, winning bronze in the 4 x 100m relay in the 2001 Edmonton world final.

He generally competed in the 100m, 200m, and 4 x 100 m relay events, finding success in the 100m sprint. He competed in the 2000 Olympics Games, the Athletics World Championships from 1999 to 2007, and the Commonwealth Games in 1998, and 2006. From 1998, Shirvington claimed five consecutive Australian national titles for the 100m sprint event.

At the 1998, Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, he broke the Australian national 100m  record, finishing fourth in the with a time of 10.03 seconds. Shirvington held the record until Patrick Johnson recorded 9.93 seconds in 2003. He also featured in two World Indoor Championships 60m finals.

Shirvington was a contestant in the first series of Dancing with the Stars in 2004 and 2005, he was a presenter and reporter on Beyond Tomorrow. In July 2020, he joined Seven Network as a weekend sports presenter on Seven News Sydney, replacing Jim Wilson.

He was also a fill-in host and sports presenter on Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise, and The Morning Show. He started hosting the series Holey Moley on February 1, 2021. He started hosting the competition series Ultimate Tag on March 7, 2021.

Shrivington was part of the commentary team for the network’s coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July 2022. In January 2023, the Seven Network announced that Sam Mac would replace Shirvington as the host of Sydney Weekender. 

In June 2023, the Seven Network announced that Shirvington will permanently replace David Koch as the co-host of Sunrise, having filled in for him regularly on Fridays in recent months. He will commence on Monday, June 12, 2023.