Date of birth: 9 May 1978

Age on Race day: 23

Home town: Weston, Massachusetts, USA

Club: CUBC

College: St Edmund’s College

Course: Diploma in computer science

Previous Uni: Harvard University

School: Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, USA

Height: 6ft 3in

Weight: 14st 1lb 0oz

Boat: Blue Boat

Boat position: 2

Coach: Robin Williams

Rowing record:

2001: USA senior men’s 8 (2 seat) 4th place World Championships

1996: USA Junior men’s 8 (stroke seat) 4th place Junior World Championships

1995: USA Junior men’s 8 (stroke seat) 2nd place Junior World Championships

Sporting history:

Started rowing in Spring 1995 aged 15 at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was encouraged by his father who rowed in the Harvard Olympic Eight of 1968

Interests:

Water polo, swimming, playing bass guitar, foreign films and carpentry

Full name: Samuel Woodworth Brooks