Name: Phelan Hill Event: Rowing - Cox Men's Eight

Location: Eton/Dorney - Rowing venue in Windsor

Time: July 28, 10.10am - Cox Men's Eight Heat 1

Age: 33

Local Link: Member of London Rowing Club on Putney Embankment

Career Best: At the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Phelan coxed the men's eight to a silver medal.

Career High: The London 2012 games will be Hill's first Olympics.

Sporting Background: Phelan started coxing at Bedford School in 1995. He graduated from the University of Leicester in 2001 with a degree in Law and took up rowing the following year before joining London Rowing Club.

He Says: "Tough leaving for camp, saying goodbye to 12 week old son. Won't see him till August - at that point I will have missed a 3rd of his life. "

We Say: "Coxing in his first Olympics, this is Hill's first step into the big time. He and his crew have shown good form in the recent World Championships and are a good bet for medal in London."