Matthew Syed
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| Born | Matthew Philip Syed 2 November 1970 | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford (BA) | |||||||||||
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| Political party | Conservative | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Kathy Weeks | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Website | www | |||||||||||
Matthew Philip Syed (born 2 November 1970) is an English writer, radio presenter and former table tennis player.
Syed competed as an England table tennis international, and was the English number one. He is a three-time 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.
Syed entered journalism, and later became a writer. He has worked for The Times newspaper since 1999, and has published several books.