Home town: Hobart
Place of residence: Lindisfarne
Occupation: Student
Club: Lindisfarne Rowing Club
Began rowing: 1995
Date of birth: 1983
Height: 193cm
Weight: 90kg
Favourite food: If I’m hungry, then anything’s my favourite
Favourite book: Count of Monte Cristo
Favourite movie: When we were kings
Personal achievements: Completing my medical degree full time while rowing - without failing or losing my sanity
School: St Virgil's College
Current coach: Rhett Ayliffe
Institute/Academy: Tasmanian Institute of Sport
Rowing career highlight(s): 2001 junior world championships men’s single scull – 2nd place; 2003 under 23 world championships men’s single scull – 1st place; 2004 Lucerne world cup – 1st place; Being a part of the 2004 Olympic team; 2007 World Cup 2 bronze medal men’s double scull; gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Men's Double Scull
Professional goals: To have a fulfilling sporting career and continue enjoying medicine, to work in a specialty that I thoroughly enjoy and one that enables me to practice internationally both in first and third world countries. To eventually teach medicine to young students and encourage them to live balanced lives, as well as making fun of the ones who take themselves too seriously. I would also like to one day coach rowing at my old school, and I hope to never lose my enjoyment of life’s challenges.
Sporting hero: Simon Burgess
Interests: Reading, playing and listening to music, taekwondo, Camp Quality, many other things ...
