Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (born October 18, 1989) is an American middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres.

As a high schooler, Centrowitz won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships.

[10] That same year, he also set the Maryland state record over 1600 meters in 4:04.09[11] and won a gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championships held in São Paulo, Brazil in the 1500 m run.

[13] In 2011 Centrowitz won the 1500 meters in the Pac-10 and the NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

[16] He won a bronze medal in the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the 1500m behind Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat.

At the Diamond League meet in Monaco, he achieved a nearly one second personal best in the 1500 meters best by clocking 3:31.09, which ranked seventh in United States history at the time.

On February 20, 2016, Centrowitz won the Millrose Games men's indoor mile in 3:50.63, edging off Nick Willis.

On August 20, 2016, Centrowitz competed at the 2016 Olympic Games, where he won the 1500 meters race in 3:50.00, becoming the first American to win the event since Mel Sheppard in 1908.

[20] The race was tactical and the pace slow at the start; the first four finalists in the T13 1500m men's final at the 2016 Summer Paralympics all finished faster than Centrowitz.

[21][22] In January 2019, Centrowitz moved to the Bowerman Track Club under the coaching of Jerry Schumacher.

While his pacers dropped off the pace earlier than expected, he still finished in a new personal best of 3:49.26.Video on YouTube Centrowitz competed in the 1500 m at the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.