Date of birth: 29 Jun 1982

Age on Race day: 19

Born in: Bury St Edmunds

Home town: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Club: OUBC

College: University College

Course: BA Russian and Spanish

School: Eton College

Height: 6ft 3in

Weight: 13st 1lb 0oz

Boat: Isis

Boat position: 5

Coach: Sean Bowden

Rowing record:

World junior championships, bronze, eight, 2000; rowed in Isis boat in 2002

Sporting history:

Started rowing aged 14, due to incompetence at all other sports

Interests:

A windsurfing instructor. Attends St Ebbes Church in Oxford and part of Christians in Sport. Would dedicate win to Jesus. Rowed with the Russian national team during his gap year, including the Rostov International Regatta during which he was mistaken for a member of the Royal Family. Would like to be a Christian Missionary. His dad, who rowed at school, has recently taken up the sport again