Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed is a former three-times Commonwealth table tennis champion and a two-time Olympian. He is author of Bounce: How Champions are Made, a columnist for The Times and a commentator for the BBC and Eurosport.

Related Sessions
Thursday 21 October 2010, 7.00pm Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2BS
Nature of Genius: standing on the shoulders of giants or genes?
Sunday 31 October 2010, 3.45pm Lecture Theatre 2
A helping hand? Sportsmanship and cheating

Publications

Bounce: how champions are made (Fourth Estate, 2010)


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