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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Moree, ACT, AUS |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Australian Institute of Sport: Canberra, ACT, AUS |
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| Higher education | Fitness and Exercise Management - Australian Institute of Sport: Canberra, ACT, AUS |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Spending time with family and friends, playing computer games, studying. (ausport.gov.au, 02 Apr 2012) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (olympics.com.au, 20 Feb 2012) |
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| Why this sport? | A friend convinced him to come along to training. |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | US boxer Roy Jones Jr. (olympics.com.au, 02 Apr 2012) |
| Ambitions | To compete at the Olympic Games. (ausport.gov.au, 02 Apr 2012) |
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| Name of coach | Don Abnett |
| Coach from what year? | 2010 |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport at age 14 at the Police-Citizens Youth Club [PCYC] in Moree, Australia. |
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| Nicknames | The Hammer (moreechampion.com.au, 15 Mar 2012) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Go hard or go home." (olympics.com.au, 02 Apr 2012) |
| Other information | WEIGH-IN ERROR He was one of several boxers who were incorrectly judged overweight at the weigh-in for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He was initially weighed at 700g over his allowed weight and went for a run to try and lose the excess weight. After still being 300g over the weight, he went for another run before being weighed at 1.2kg over the limit. It then became apparent the scales were faulty and that his rapid weight loss was not needed. (theaustralian.com.au, 05 Oct 2010) TATTOOS He has two tattoos - an Aboriginal flag on his back and a set of lips on his hips. (olympics.com.au, 02 Apr 2012) |