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| Human Interest | |
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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Cardiff, WAL |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | City of Cardiff: Wales |
General Interest | |
| Ambitions | To win an Olympic medal. (walesonline.co.uk, 25 Feb 2014) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Graham Wardell [club]; Bill Furniss [national] |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | His father taught him to swim at age three and he joined the City of Cardiff Swimming Club in Wales at age six. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2010 |
| Competing for | Wales |
| Tournament | Commonwealth Games |
| Location | Delhi, IND |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English, Welsh |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | Welsh swimmer David Davies. (swimming.org, 26 Oct 2012) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Be dedicated, always give 100% and enjoy." (swimming.org, 26 Oct 2012) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | He followed his sister who was at City of Cardiff Swimming Club, and quickly found he enjoyed racing. |
General Interest | |
| Awards and honours | He was named 2010 Vale of Glamorgan [Wales] Junior Male Sports Personality of the Year. (valeofglamorgan.gov.uk, 16 Jun 2010) |
| Other information | PIE MASTER In February 2014 he was the winner of a charity pie-eating contest in Cardiff, Wales, for the second year in a row. "I aimed to eat at least eight pies to beat my record of six and a half last year [2013], and obviously I wanted to retain the title. I'm really pleased to have succeeded on both fronts and that it was for such a good cause [a hospice in Cardiff], but I'll definitely be upping my swimming training." (South Wales Echo, 04 Mar 2014) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Higher education | Cardiff Metropolitan University: Wales |