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| Human Interest | |
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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Athletics Essendon: Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Bodyboarding, longboarding, stand up paddling, drums, shopping and travelling. (vis.org.au, 22 Aug 2007) |
| Hero / Idol | Maurice Greene, Ato Boldon, Michael Johnson and Peter Norman. (vis.org.au, 22 Aug 2007) |
| Ambitions | To be world champion, to go to three Olympic Games and to help promote athletics in Australia. (vis.org.au, 22 Aug 2007) |
| Awards and honours | In 2006 he was awarded a Spirit of Sport Scholarship by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. (Athletics Australia, 05 Sep 2007) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Adam Larcom |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He first participated in athletics at Knox Little Athletics Centre in Melbourne at age six. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Student |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Az, Azza, Serrety, Roughie, The Hyphen [due to his double-barreled surname]. (insideathletics.com.au, 22 Aug 2010, vis.org.au, 22 Aug 2007) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "To be number one, you must train like you are number two." (vis.org.au, 22 Aug 2007) |
| Other information | COACH His coach, Neville Sillitoe, came out of retirement to coach him on the agreement that he gave up playing football. Sillitoe made his name as coach of 1968 Olympic Games 200m silver medallist Peter Norman. (The Australian, 27 Feb 2007) |
| Injuries | He was restricted by "niggling" injuries in the during the 2009/10 season. (athletics.com.au, 27 Mar 2010) |