Sport: Badminton

Brief career description: two-time Olympian, African doubles champion, SA singles, doubles and mixed doubles champion

Favourite sports moment: Participating at the Athlens and Beijing Olympic Games

Biggest sporting disappointment: Could never win the African singles title

Biggest sporting ambition: To be the best badminton player South Africa ever produced

What do the Olympics/Paralympics/World Games mean to you? The Olympics mean the world to me. Someday I won’t be South African champion anymore, but I will always be an Olympian

Where do you live? In Boschof, in the Free State (near Kimberley)

Do you have a day job? I work as a trainee accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Kimberley

Did you grow up with a role model? If so, who? Yes, Peter Gade is the best western badminton player in then world

How many hours a day requires training? I used to train thre hours a day … but that’s before I started working full-time!

What special diet is followed, if any? None

Do you have a motto? If so, what? Back to Basics

What is the best sports book or movie that you have read or watched? All the books of cyclist Lance Armstrong