Matthew Clarke

Early years Clarke was born in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Clarke works as a Sports Podiatrist at the Sports and Arthritic clinic (SPARC) in Mile End, SA. He is coached by Adam Didyk as a member of ASICS Team Tempo elite. Clarke lives with his wife Annabel Kitto who is also a middle distance runner. Clarke studied Podiatry at La Trobe University.

Achievements At the age of 23 Clarke competing in a new event, the steeplechase.He ran 8:58 in January, 2019 and 8:38.68 on his second attempt in February. He was placed fifth at nationals and earned selection in the Australian team for the World University Games. Clarke came tenth in the final. He then clocked 28:39.02 for the 10,000m at Zatopek, Melbourne.

On 18 June 2021 in Townsville Clarke ran a new personal best in the 3000 metres steeplechase of 8:22.62, the second fastest time ran by an Australian, in Australia and 10 seconds faster than his previous best. 7 days later, Clarke backed up to run another 3000m steeplechase on the Gold Coast in a time of 8:22.13 With that personal best it also placed him as the fifth all time Australian for the 3000m steeplechase.

Clarke qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where he competed in the Men's 3000m steeplechase. He ran fourteenth in his heat with a time of 8:42.37 and did not qualify for the final.

He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Clarke was a Guide Runner for Jaryd Clifford in the men's visually impaired 5000m - T13 Category at the Paralympics 2024 in Paris.

He finished tenth in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.