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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Stirling, SCO |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Hastings Seagulls/ITC Stirling: Hastings, ENG |
General Interest | |
| Famous relatives | His father is a swimming coach and competed at a national level. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | His parents introduced him to swimming just after he was born. |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | Swimmer Ian Thorpe. (olympics.org.uk, 31 Dec 2007) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Mark Parris and Doug Frost |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He started swimming when he was one month old. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Student |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Coach from which country? | England |
General Interest | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold at the European Youth Olympics in the 100m Freestyle. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
| Most influential person in career | His father, who was his swimming coach before he moved to Australia, and Richard Grundy. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
| Ambitions | To win an event at either the 2012 or 2016 Olympic Games. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2010 |
| Tournament | Commonwealth Games |
| Location | Delhi |