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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Penarth, WAL |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Birchfield Harriers : Birmingham, ENG |
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| Higher education | Sport Management - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff: Cardiff, WAL |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Football and rugby. (telegraph.co.uk, 06 Aug 2011) |
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| Most influential person in career | His family. (thepowerof10.info, 01 Sep 2010) |
| Hero / Idol | Gerd Kanter, Paul Scholes. (definitive-sports.com, 15 Jan 2012) |
| Ambitions | To make the top five at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (definitive-sports.com, 15 Jan 2012) |
| Awards and honours | He was named the UWIC Male Athlete of the Year and UWIC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010. (penarthtimes.co.uk, 13 May 2010) He was the first Welsh athlete to win the discus at the UK Championships. (telegraph.co.uk, 06 Aug 2011) |
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| Name of coach | Vesteinn Hafsteinsson |
| Coach from what year? | 2011 |
| Training Regime | "Over the summer we don't do so much heavy or intense stuff. But in winter it's all about building strength and explosive power. In my first winter with [Hafsteinsson] we did a three-week block of intense conditioning work, including running and circuits to teach me to be quicker and to get rid of some unwanted body fat." |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began throwing the discus at school in 2005. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2010 |
| Competing for | Wales |
| Tournament | Commonwealth Games |
| Location | Delhi |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Perfect practice makes perfect." (bbc.co.uk, 02 Nov 2008) |
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| Coach from which country? | Iceland |
General Interest | |
| Other information | COACHING SWITCH He received media attention in November 2011 when he changed coaches from Nigel Bevan to Vesteinn Hafsteinsson, who received a two-year ban after testing positive for nandrolone at the 1984 Olympic Games. Bevan claimed UK Athletics encouraged the switch, which does not fit in with their strict policy on doping offenders, although a spokesman for the organisation said it was a personal decision by Morse. (telegraph.co.uk, 06 Dec 2011) |