Coxed the 2008 Oxford Lightweight Blue Boat and the 2007 OUBC Trial Eights boat to victory. Began coxing in 1999 at the San Francisco Pacific Rowing Club and came third in the Intercollegiate (IRA) Championships Lightweight eights in 2005. Plays golf off a handicap of 4 and played regularly until he was 18, when he got interested in rowing.

Born: 22/12/1984, San Francisco (USA)

Home town: San Francisco (USA)

College: St. Catherine’s

Nationality: American

Year enrolled: 2007

Course: MPhil Politics: Comparative Government

Course length: 2 years

Previous Uni: Pennsylvania

School: Lick-Wilmerding (USA)

Height: 1.77m (5’10”)

Weight: 55kg (121 lbs)