| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 6:10.99 |
| 13 | Lightweight Four | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 5:58.80 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2011 | Bled, SLO | 6:18.67 |
| 1 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2010 | Hamilton, NZL | 7:13.47 |
| 3 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2007 | Munich, GER | 6:26.92 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2012 | Belgrade, SRB | 6:19.71 |
| 1 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2012 | Belgrade, SRB | 6:19.71 |
| 1 | Lightweight Double Sculls | 2010 | Munich, GER | 6:26.56 |
Hobbies
Spending time with friends, watching and playing sport. (worldrowing.com, 05 Dec 2011)
Occupation
Athlete
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
Leander Club, Great Britain
Other sports
His younger brother Ross is also a rower at club level. (henleystandard.co.uk, 28 May 2012)
Debut
2001 for Great Britain (British Rowing 2003)
Injuries
Suffered a knee injury in 2006. (British Rowing, 04 Jul 2006)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up rowing in 1992 at the age of 14 at the Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club on the River Thames. (rowingrelated.com, 18 Nov 2011)
Reason for taking up this sport
He enjoyed the challenge of being totally responsible for how the boat went. His father introduced him to the sport. (British Rowing, 28 Jan 2004; worldrowing.com, 23 Dec 2011)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (rowingrelated.com, 18 Nov 2011)
Training
He begins training at 8:00am with an aerobic session before doing a second morning session on the water. After lunch he will do weights and gym work. (worldrowing.com, 05 Dec 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (rowingrelated.com, 18 Nov 2011)
Hero
The United States' multiple Tour de France-winning cyclist Lance Armstrong. (British Rowing, 28 Jan 2004)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Failure to prepare is preparing to fail." - University of California [UCLA] basketball coach John Wooden. "
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda
"Champions win on any day, under any conditions."
(worldrowing.com, 23 Dec 2011)
Awards
He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire [MBE] in 2009. (henleystandard.co.uk, 28 May 2012)
He was appointed Leander Club Captain in January 2005. (Leander, 2005)
General
TIME OFF
After the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing he took a year off from training in the United Kingdom and moved to California to coach women's rowing at the UCLA. He returned home to get back into training in spring 2009. (rowingrelated.com, 18 Nov 2011)
RIVERMAN
In 2002 he qualified as a Waterman and Lighterman, someone licensed to navigate and pilot passenger vessels or barges carrying goods on the River Thames. He became a Freeman of the Thames in 2003. (British Rowing, 2003)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
