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| Human Interest | |
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Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Martin MacDonald |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Director |
| Higher education | Biomechanical Engineering - Oxford University: Oxford, ENG |
General Interest | |
| Famous relatives | His father was a weightlifter in the 1974 Commonwealth Games representing Scotland. (inthewinningzone.com, 10 Oct 2007) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | Not only was he a weightlifter by blood with his father being a weightlifter in the 1974 Commonwealth Games, he realised that weightlifting was a sport that tested his own skill. "I didn't like the team aspect of rugby. You could play well and everyone else could be crap, and I didn't like relying on other people to win." |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He was trained from a young age by his father, and when he was 13, entered his first weightlifting competition. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 1991 |
| Competing for | Great Britain |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Tommy. (sports-reference.com, 31 Dec 2009) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | He believes patience and consistency training is the key. "If every one is 2% better than the last, you aren't going to notice it on a session by session basis, but over a few years, you will see significant differences." (inthewinningzone.com, 10 Oct 2007) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Coach from which country? | England |
General Interest | |
| Other information | COACHING He has trained athletes and coached other coaches in a wide range of sports, including diving, boxing, and the track and field disciplines. (inthewinningzone.com, 10 Oct 2007) DIRECTOR In 2009 he was appointed as the Director of Weightlifting on the World Class Lifting Board. (WCL, 12 March 2009) |