The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race sponsored by Xchanging

This clinically qualified vet was in the Cambridge Blue Boat in 2003, the closest Boat Race of all time which Oxford won by just one foot. In his PhD research he uses the human genome to discover new drugs to treat heart disease and hypertension. A former World Junior Champs gold medallist (four, 1994) and three-times World U23 bronze medallist. Has competed for Germany at the world championships several times in both open weight and lightweight categories and is one of the lucky few to have beaten Sir Steve Redgrave (stroking the German four in the 1998 rowing World Cup in Munich). His sister has twice been world champion in the lightweight quadruple scull and his girlfriend won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in the lightweight womens double. His interests include reading and eating (particularly Italian food).