First sporting success: Tring Swimming Club Championships, 1996

Finest sporting moment: Winning a European Schools Gold in the 200m I.M

Tip for the top: 'You've got to believe it to achieve it'

First GB selection year: 2004

Sporting heroes: Michael Johnson and Michael Jordan. They have both taken their sports to new levels never before thought imaginable. Pieter van der Hoogenband for that electrifying 100m Freestyle relay leg in Athens.

Closest friend in sport: Craig Gibbons

Other sporting successes: Not really unless playing rugby for my school counts

Favourite sport other than swimming: Darts and snooker

Three words that best describe you: Humorous, determined and unpredictable 

Would most like to meet: Muhammad Ali

Most prized possession: MP3/Mini Disc Player or any other music-emitting device

Biggest influence on career: My older brother

Toughest opponent: Myself

Biggest passion away from swimming: Sleeping and going out!

Biggest disappointment:  I don't know really, everything's going well right now. At the Olympic trials (2004) I was disqualified.

Favourite venue and why: Ponds Forge- it's like the water is magical because I always swim well there!

Tips to relax: Free your mind

Education: I'm in sixth form doing P.E, Physics and Maths. It's hard to combine swimming and school at the moment because it's revision time ready for my exams but you always find a way to cope.

Family: My mum is called Nicola and she's a Dress designer. My dads name is Andy and he's an I.T consultant. My brother is called James who's 19 and he's at Brunel University in London studying Motorsport Engineering.

Ultimate ambition: To compete at the Olympics

Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Retired and living a life where no day is the same.