Matthew Hutchins (born 19 September 1994) is a New Zealand swimmer who qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the men's 400 metre freestyle.
Hutchins was born on 19 September 1994 in Blenheim, New Zealand,[1][2] and educated at Lincoln High School, near Christchurch.
[1] He competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Isle of Man, where he won four medals in the swimming events.
[9] Hutchins represented the Wisconsin Badgers at the 2016 NCAA Division I swimming championships held in Atlanta, Georgia winning a bronze medal in the 1,650 yards (1,510 m) freestyle event, improving his personal best by five seconds in the process.
He beat the qualifying standard again during the B Final of the event, which he won in a time of three minutes 50.12 seconds.