Sandgroper Sports
Watty, Scotty & Anth are Three sports mad Western Australians who are keen to profile West Aussie sportspeople, their lives and experiences in sport and outside of sport. We love hearing great human stories and we know that many others in our community do too. Sandgroper sports proudly focusses on Western Australians and takes the form of a casual discussion, where we discuss with our guests their lives in WA, what it's like being a WA athlete, what life is like outside of sport and what they think makes our state unique. Our podcasts are real life, authentic, conversations with our guests discussing how they got to where they are today, the ups and downs of their careers and what it means to be from WA.
Sandgroper Sports
Two Time Australian Olympic Gold Medallist - Matt Wearn
Motivated, But Determined!
Two words you can easily use when talking about Australia's Matt Wearn.
A through and through Sandgroper, Matt has given it his all to anything he put his hand too, Junior footy, Basketball and of course Sailing. The passion for sailing has been in his family for years and Matt took to it straight away as a youngster.
Starting out in local regatta's before entering into International competitions, Representing his state and then of course Australia. In the episode with Matt he takes us on his pathways from this early days at Fresh Water Bay Yatch Club before making the move to Fremantle Yatch Club.
Matt explains the art of sailing, boat design and the costs involved in the sport as well.
We discuss qualifying for Rio 2016, but just missing out on selection. Making podiums in world championships and his progression to winning gold. His experience at the Tokyo Olympics, Winning Gold and difference in celebrations there compared to his latest Olympics Gold medal at the Paris 2024 games.
Not to forget he is one of our most recently Australian flag bearers, an OAM recipient and an AIS athlete of the year winner as well.
All this and just a really nice guy!