Matthew Long is an Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

-level rower, who competes for Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Long attended Newington College

Newington College

Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 and coached by olympian and fellow Old Newingtonian Michael Morgan

Michael Morgan (Rower)

Michael Dennis Morgan is an Olympic-level rower, who has competed for Australia. He attended Newington College . In addition to winning state and national titles he represented Australia as an athlete at two successive Olympics, winning silver at the 1968 Mexico Games...

. He rowed in three Head of the River

Head of the River

A Head of the River race is a rowing race, held as a procession race against the clock, with the winning crew receiving the title of "Head of the River"...

crews, twice being successful in the 1st Eights race.

In 2000 he again teamed up with James and competed in the Men's coxless four with James placing 3rd. In 2004 Athens Olympics he rowed with his brother James and Stephen in the Men's Eight placing third.