Mathew Helm

{{short description|Australian diver}}

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| club = Hunter United Diving Academy

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2004 Athens | 10m Platform }}

{{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | Synchro Platform}}

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{{MedalGold| 2003 Barcelona | Synchro Platform}}

{{MedalSilver| 2003 Barcelona | 10m Platform}}

{{MedalBronze| 2001 Fukuoka | 10m Platform}}

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{{MedalGold| 2006 Melbourne | 10m Platform}}

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Mathew Helm (born 9 December 1980) is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10-metre platform.{{cite news|title=Hunter Olympian Profiles|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/485958/hunter-olympian-profiles/|access-date=4 October 2015|work=Newcastle Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=4 August 2008|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162247/https://www.theherald.com.au/story/485958/hunter-olympian-profiles/|url-status=live}} He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals. In the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, he won the 10-metre platform gold medals in the Individual and Synchro.{{Cite web|title=Mathew HELM {{!}} Results {{!}} FINA Official|url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1029178/www.fina.org/athletes/1029178/mathew-helm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Born in Bourke, New South Wales, Helm was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS Athletes at the Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |date=6 June 2011 }} Helm is openly gay.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnamagazine.com.au/articles/news.asp?news_id=6698|title=Burnttoast #105|work=DNA Magazine Australia|publisher=DNA Publications Pty Ltd|accessdate=3 March 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329003915/http://www.dnamagazine.com.au/articles/news.asp?news_id=6698|archivedate=29 March 2012}}