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| Human Interest | |
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Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Boardworks: Victoria, BC, CAN |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Inline skating, trampolining, riding his bike, computer games, photography, reading. (rileymccormick.ca, 09 Sep 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold at the 2012 Olympic trials. (thesundevils.com, 2013) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | He was playing in a swimming pool in Victoria, BC, Canada, when he was captivated by the divers on the springboards at the pool. His father noticed and enrolled him in a 'Learn to Dive' programme even though he barely knew how to swim. |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie, Canadian baseball pitcher Rich Harden, Canadian triathlete Simon Whitfield. (Diving Canada, 23 Jan 2007) |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (statepress.com, 06 Sep 2012) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Tommy McLeod |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student |
| Higher education | Arizona State University: Phoenix, AZ, USA |
General Interest | |
| Awards and honours | He was named the Pacific-10 Conference Diver of the Year in 2009/10 and 2010/11. (Facebook profile, 10 Jul 2013) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Training Regime | He trains twice a day , for a total of five hours. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Languages | English |