Matthew Lister

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Matthew Lister
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Bratislava C2 team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Prague C2 team
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wausau C2 team
U23 European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Solkan C2
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Banja Luka C2 team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Solkan C2 team
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liptovský Mikuláš C2

Matthew Lister is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2008 to 2015, predominately in the C2 class with Rhys Davies.

He won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2011 and 2013.[1]

Lister came out as gay in 2012.[2] In 2016, he announced his retirement from competitive sport. He currently writes a fitness column for Attitude magazine, and occasionally works as an model, including advertising campaigns in 2017 for Rowse Honey and Moss Brothers suits. In October 2019, he appeared in RuPaul's Drag Race UK as a member of the "Brit Crew". He is also an LGBT ambassador for the British Athletes Commission.

References[]

  1. ^ "Matthew LISTER (GBR)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Attitude cover star Matt Lister: I didn’t want to come out while I was in school". Attitude, May 22, 2016.


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