Career
He partnered Alan Thompson in the K2 500 metres and K-2 1000 metres events, reaching the semi-finals of the former and finishing eighth in the final of the latter. He first represented New Zealand in swimming, but narrowly missed selection for the 1970 in Edinburgh. He branched into kayaking, was selected for the team for the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
He was in the New Zealand surf lifesaving team in 1980, 1982 and 1988.
He was born in Christchurch, and died in Christchurch, aged 45, after a long illness.
