Birth date: 9 May 1980
Place of Birth: Southport, QLD
Residence: Mermaid Waters, QLD
Height: 198cm (6 foot, 6 inches)
Weight: 88kg
Coach: Denis Cotterell
Club: Miami, QLD
Occupation: Student at Bond University, studying for a Bachelor of Commerce.
Family: Father, Nev, is a policeman, Mum, Margaret, is a hairdresser and brother, Craig, 24, is an ironman.
Favourite pastimes: Surfing, playing the drums and guitar, listening to music, going to the movies and driving his bright yellow Holden Commodore GTS-R (it can go 300km/h).
Recent highlights:
Pan Pacific Championships 1999 - 1st 1500m freestyle, 2nd 400m freestyle, part of 4 X 200m freestyle team which won and broke the world record.
Past successes:
Domestic:
Commonwealth Games Trials 1998 - 1st 1500m freestyle (14:56.23) 2nd
400m freestyle (3:47.15)
Queensland Championships 1997 - 1st 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle.
Pan Pacific Trials 1997 - 1st 400m freestyle (3:51.69) 1st 1,500 freestyle
(15:03.67)
Australian short course championships 1997 - 1st 400m freestyle (3:43.07)
1st 1,500 (14:47.44)
World Trials 1997 - 1st 400m freestyle, 1st 1,500m freestyle
Won silver in the Australian
short course championships with a PB time that broke the world record
of 3:40.04.
Broke the world record
and won gold at the Australian short course championships, with a PB
time of 14:19.55.
International:
World Championships 1998 - 1st 1,500m freestyle (14:51.71) 1st 4 X 200m relay,
2nd 400m freestyle (3:46.44)
Pan Pacific Championships 1997 - 1st 400m freestyle (3:47.27) 1st 800m
freestyle (7:50.30) 1st 1,500m freestyle (15:13.25) 2nd 4 X 200m freestyle
relay
World Short Course Championships 1997 - 1st 1,500m freestyle (14:39.54)
3rd 400m freestyle (3:43.83) 1st 4X200m freestyle relay (world record)
Won a silver gold medal
at the Commonwealth Games in the 400m freestyle with a PB of 3:44.88.
Won a gold medal at
the Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m freestyle with a PB of 14:50.92.
