Education
In 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he was a crew member of the British boat which finished tenth in the coxed fours event.
In 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he was a crew member of the British boat which finished tenth in the coxed fours event.
Matheson competed for Nottingham Boat Club and switched to the single scull. In 1978 he was runner-up to Tim Crooks in the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. At the 1980 Moscow Games he finished sixth in the single sculls contest.
In 1986 he became the rowing correspondent of the Independent newspaper in London and ten years later took over as rowing commentator on British Eurosport and for FISA, the International Rowing Federation.
He retired from both in 2007. He was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1997 and was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 2004.
As owner of the Thoresby Estate in Nottinghamshire he has managed the farming and forestry enterprises since 1975 and has served as a trustee on the Sports Aid Foundation (1981–1990) The National Trust (2000–2010) and Portland College, a specialist FE college for the disabled (chairman of Governors 2008–2014).