Matthew Dallow

{{short description|New Zealand bobsledder}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Matthew Dallow

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

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| relatives = Ross Dallow (father)
Simon Dallow (brother)
Graeme Dallow (uncle)

| country = New Zealand

| sport = Bobsleigh

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Matthew Dallow (born 27 January 1972) is a New Zealand bobsledder. He competed in the two man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/matt-dallow-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/matt-dallow-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Matthew Dallow Olympic Results |accessdate=4 May 2018}}

He turned to bobsleigh after successive injuries forced him to give up his career in the decathlon and in rugby. Injury also prevented him at the last minute from competing in the 2002 Olympics.[https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/95/84/02_6.html Arizona Daily Wildcat: "UA rugby coach barrels toward Olympic dream", 23 January 2002][https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/bobsleigh-olympic-dream-survives-injury/2LUR7PH6VDNO6YSU5VZVZ6ULBA/ NZ Herald: "Bobsleigh: Olympic dream survives injury", nd [early 2002]

Dallow is the son of Ross Dallow and the younger brother of New Zealand television news anchor Simon Dallow.{{cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/whip-hand-man-who-loves-challenge|title=Whip hand man who loves challenge|date=29 March 2008|publisher=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=3 June 2018}}