Matthew Syed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Matthew Syed

former Olympic table tennis player

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1970

Place of Birth: Reading, England, United Kingdom

Profession: journalist, sports commentator, table tennis player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Matthew Philip Syed (born 2 November 1970) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster, and table tennis player.
He competed as an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years.
He was three times the men's singles champion at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships (in 1997, 2000 and 2001), and also competed for Great Britain in two Olympic Games, at Barcelona in 1992 and at Sydney in 2000.
He also embarked on a journalism career, having worked for The Times newspaper since 1999.
He has published four books, Bounce in 2010, Black Box Thinking in 2015, You Are Awesome in 2018 and Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking in 2019.