Matt Bevilacqua

34

YEARS OLD

QLD

BMD NORTHCLIFFE SLSC

#11

2026/2027 SERIES

Board

STRENGTH

Stats

Name: Matt Bevilacqua (Bevy)
Competitive club: BMD Northcliffe SLSC
Original Club: Clifton Beach SLSC, Tasmania
Best round of 2024/25 Series: Grand Eliminator, 4th
Best series finish: 2017/18, 2022/23, 1st
Aussie Titles Results:  2023, 2025 - Open Male Taplin 2021 - Open Board 2021 - Open Board Race 2016 - Board Rescue

Bio

At just 16 years old, Matt Bevilacqua was at the time the youngest person to win the Tasmanian Open Ironman title – a race he would go on to win three years in a row. After completing school, Bevilaquca decided to follow his dream of becoming a professional Iron athlete, and chose to leave his home state of Tasmania to relocate to the Sunshine Coast. Two years after he achieved his dream and made history by becoming the first ever Tasmanian to qualify for the Iron Series.  Bevilacqua was also the first ever Tasmanian to win the Coolangatta Gold, and is a five-time world champion in the grueling Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championship.

Matt, What is your best training hack?

Staying in the moment.

What is your race day routine?

Enjoying and soaking in every moment.

What is the best piece of advice that you have ever been given?

Nothing is given.

What is your top Iron Series memory?

My first podium with Ky and Shannon in massive surf with the helicopter filming the race at Coolum. Or my debut round in even bigger surf in Margaret River, WA.