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| Human Interest | |
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Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Guelph Marlin Aquatic Club: Canada |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Music, playing piano and guitar, acting, playing video games. (swimming.ca, 12 Aug 2012; therecord.com, 03 Mar 2012) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | His parents tried various other sports to drain his energy, including judo and football, but only swimming appealed to him. "I just love getting up on the blocks and having fun, seeing how fast I can go. I race for the love of the sport." |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | His coach Don Burton and his parents. (swimming.ca, 17 Sep 2010) |
| Hero / Idol | US swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. (swimming.ca, 12 Aug 2012; parcolympique.qc.ca, 06 Apr 2012) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Don Burton |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took swimming lessons at age three and joined the Guelph Marlin Aquatic Club at age five. He took part in his first competition at age seven. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2010 |
| Competing for | Canada |
| Tournament | Pan Pacific Championships |
| Location | Irvine, CA |
Further Personal Information | |
| Higher education | Psychology - University of Guelph: Canada |
General Interest | |
| Injuries | He qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London [200m individual medley] despite competing with a chest infection at the Olympic trials in Montreal, Canada. (atguelph.uoguelph.ca, 24 Aug 2012) |
| Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | He has a pre-race meal of yoghurt, fruit and granola. (swimming.ca, 12 Aug 2012) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Reaching the semifinals of the 200m individual medley at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (atguelph.uoguelph.ca, 24 Aug 2012) |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (swimming.ca, 12 Aug 2012) |
| Awards and honours | He was named Swimming Canada Male Individual Medley Swimmer of the Year in 2011 and 2012. (swimswam.com, 26 Nov 2012; canswim.ca, 28 Nov 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Training Regime | He trains 10 times a week for a total of 30 hours. This includes land training [cycling, push-ups and rope climbing]. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Music Producer |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "There is a line between people who like to win and people who hate to lose. I absolutely hate to lose." (atguelph.uoguelph.ca, 24 Aug 2012) |
| Other information | OCCUPATION He is also a disc jockey/music producer who goes by the name Streetlytz. (Twitter profile, 12 Mar 2013) |