Career
Hooker also has a personal best of 10.82 s in 100 m as an amateur sprinter. He ran in the 2010 Stawell Gift. Hooker attended Greythorn Primary School and Balwyn High School in Balwyn North, Victoria.
He began his career with the Box Hill Athletic Club.
His career started slowly, and he only went professional in 2006. He relocated to Perth, living on a very modest Australian Sports Commission allowance.