Todd Matthews-Jouda (born June 20, 1979) is a hurdling athlete, who is notable for having switched nationality from United States to Sudan in September 2003. His personal best is 13.36 seconds, but being set in 2002 (i.e. before he switched to Sudan), it is not a national record. Instead, his Sudanese record is 13.45, a result which he achieved in October 2004.
Matthews-Jouda competed for the Clemson Tigers track and field team, finishing 2nd in the 110 m hurdles at the 2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
His first major international tournament for Sudan was the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, where he won a gold medal. Competing for his new nation, Matthews-Jouda became African champion in July 2004 and competed at the Summer Olympics a month later. He was in fact selected as flag bearer for Sudan.
He finished last in his heat at the 2005 World Championships.
Major achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing the  United States
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| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 6th | 14.40 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |
Representing  Sudan
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| 2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 2nd | 13.81 | |
| Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India | 1st | 13.68 | ||
| 2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | 13.70 | |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 27th (qf) | 13.77 | ||
| Pan Arab Games | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 13.45 | ||
| 2005 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Mecca, Saudi Arabia | 2nd | 13.79 | |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 45th (h) | 15.43 | ||
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| Preceded byMahmoud Kieno | Flagbearer for Sudan Athens 2004 |
Succeeded byAbubaker Kaki Khamis |
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- "Todd Matthews Named ACC Men's Track & Field Performer of the Week". Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sudanese male hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Sudan
- Clemson Tigers men's track and field athletes
- American male hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Sudan
- African Games silver medalists for Sudan
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Sudan
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Sudan
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Eastern African athletics biography stubs
- Sudanese sportspeople stubs