Matthew Lister

Matthew Lister is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2008 to 2015, predominately in the C2 class with Rhys Davies.

He won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2011 and 2013.

Lister came out as gay in 2012. In 2016, he announced his retirement from competitive sport. He currently writes a fitness column for Attitude magazine, and occasionally works as an model, including advertising campaigns in 2017 for Rowse Honey and Moss Brothers suits. In October 2019, he appeared in the UK version of TV reality show RuPaul's Drag Race as a member of the "Brit Crew". He is also an LGBT ambassador for the British Athletes Commission.