Career
Matthews competed only in the women"s 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 31.87. She challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including Cambodia"s two-time Olympian Hem Raksmey and Maldives" 13-year-old Fariha Fathimath.
Diving in with a 0.94-second deficit, she scorched the field with a quick pace to a fifth-seeded time of 31.87 and slash off her entry standard by 16-hundredths of a second.
Matthews failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed sixty-seventh overall in the prelims.