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| Residence | Hamilton, NZL |
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| Club / Team | Hamilton City Hawks: New Zealand |
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| Higher education | Sport Studies - Waikato Institute of Technology: Hamilton, NZL |
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| Hobbies | Cricket. (iaaf.org, 30 Aug 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Competing at his first Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. (iaaf.org, 30 Aug 2010) |
| Most influential person in career | Athlete Gavin Lovegrove. "He gave me some very good advice and was certainly a role model and inspiration for me." (iaaf.org, 30 Aug 2010) |
| Ambitions | To compete at his fourth Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. (olympic.org.nz, 01 Jan 2016) |
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| Name of coach | Debbie Strange [personal] |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began throwing the javelin at age 12. |
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| Occupation | Athlete, Information Technology |
| Languages | English |
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| Other information | CONTEMPLATION An ankle injury in 2015 temporarily forced him to consider ending his career before he decided continue on to Rio 2016. "I had a lot of evaluations to make as to whether I carried on competing. I knew that my career had been tough on my family, but the 'what if' question was the biggest motivation. I knew my age had nothing to do with my performance, because training had been as good, if not better, than previous years." (nzherald.co.nz, 11 Apr 2016) |
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| Family | Wife Leone, two sons and one daughter |
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| Injuries | He damaged his ankle in training in the lead-up to the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (nzherald.co.nz, 11 Apr 2016) |