| Place Of Birth | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Residence | Loughborough/Aberdeen |
| Occupation | Professional athlete/student |
| Coach | Ian Turner |
| Influential Person | Ian Black (1956 Olympian and his former school headmaster) |
| Idol | Sir Steve Redgrave (Olympic rower) |
| Recent Results | FINA World Championships (Montreal, July-2005)
21st in the 400m Freestyle (3:52.88) |
Commonwealth
Games History | Melbourne 2006
Gold in the 400m Freestyle (3:48.17)
Manchester 2002
8th in the 200m Freestyle (1:51.22)
4th in the heat of the 200m IM (2:04.77)
6th in the heat of the 400m IM (4:32.76) |
Olympic
Games History | Athens 2004
2nd in the heat of the 4 x 200m Freestyle relay (7:17.41) |
| Other | David was first selected for the Great Britain squad in 2002.
His first sporting success was winning at his school swimming gala when he was five years old.
He claims his ultimate ambition is to right the wrongs of Athens and to get an Olympic medal. |