Bio.

Born in Perth I Grew up fast chasing my older siblings and learning to from the bigger kids in my house and the local park. Sport filled my schedule during adolescence, and I played everything I could get involved in, with some early success in football and hockey. In 1999 I stepped onto the elite sporting pathway which eventually took me around the world competing for Australia. in 2003 I made my international debut in japan at the junior world championships finishing with 2 finals.

over time I grew faster and developed a thicker competition through both winning and losing whilst competing in Europe most years from 2006 to 2011.

IT was in 2012 when all the fruits of my labour came to bear, Achieving my childhood dream of being selected for the Australian Olympic Team. at the 2012 London Games with doubles partner Steve Bird, we competed with all we had finishing a credible 6th.

In 2016, and after narrowly missing the team as an athlete I went on to COACH Steve at the Rio Olympic Games - what a way to complete a journey we had b0th dreamed to walk together - steve finished 8th in the K1 200m.

The journey continued as a coach as I transitioned into pathway coaching with WAIS and went on national team trips up until 2019. This enabled me to prepare for the 2019 world canoe marathon championships in china, racing K2 with australian marathon maestro Josh kippin. We then transferred the preparation we had built into the 2020 Olympic trials, just before covid hit! Alas, I was the next onto the team for the second time.

Today - although to a much lesser extent - surf ski and kayak training keep me fit and inspired to compete at my best. coaching has moved from development squads to individual and masterclass sessions.

after completing a master of applied psychology (professional) at Murdoch University I now work as a Psychologist in schools whilst being dad in between.