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First sporting success: Winning a running race at school when I was 5
Finest sporting moment: Winning silver in the 400m I.M. at the European Short Course Championships, going under the European and British record for the second time
Tips for the top: Be yourself, know what you want and go for it!
First GB selection year: 1997 (junior), 2001 (senior)
Sporting heroes: Surfers Duke Kahanomoku and Laird Hamilton
Other sporting successes: I once won £20 on a scratch card, does that count?
Favourite sport other than swimming: Surfing
Three words that best describe you: Laid back dude
Would most like to meet: Kelly Brooke
Most prized possession: My triple stringer long-board
Biggest influence on career: My parents
Any other family connections to sport: My grandmother swam for her Province (Transvaal) in South Africa
Toughest opponent: Laszlo Cseh
Any pets: I had a cat called Ginga- RIP
Biggest passion away from swimming: My family
Biggest disappointment: Having to pull out of the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Favourite venue and why: Lisbon, Portugal. I had my first ever international meet there at the Youth Olympic days and had never seen such a state of the art pool ever before. It was there that I had my first taste of real swimming and competition
Tips to relax: Listen to some good music and hang out with calming influenes such as family and friends
Family: My mum is called Gloria and she is not a day over 25! I also have a sister called Samantha who's 30
Ultimate ambition: To have eternal happiness
Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Impossible to say
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