Olympics Countdown: Q&A with Andy Tennant
With the Olympics are just nine weeks away, Davies-sponsored Team Pursuit 2012 World Champion talks to Post about gold medals, farting teammates and sticky toffee pudding.
What event are you taking part in?
Track cycling team pursuit
How did you get into sports? How old were you?
I have always loved sport and started with swimming but got into cycling when I was about 14. I was chubby and not very good to start with, but persevered, lost weight and progressed quickly from then on
What was your first ever job - and were you any good at it?
Apart from a paper-round, cycling has always been my job.
If an MP3 player really could only hold three tunes, what would you select for the ultimate soundtrack to your life?
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon, Pass Out - Tinie Tempah and Little Bird - Ed Sheeran
Who was your top teenage pin-up?
Kelly Brook
My teammates won't know this about me but ...
Given how much time we spend with each other, especially my best mate Ed Clancy, not sure there is anything they do not know and if there is I'm not going to admit anything here.
Favourite book of all time?
I grew up in the Harry Potter era ...
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
"You can't bend physics, you can only go as hard as you can" Ed Clancy MBE
What would be your chosen superpower?
To be able to absorb everybody else's, so that I'd be the ultimate superhero
How would a typical school report about you read?
Andy completes all his work to a high standard but at times I believe he may be causing disturbances that are affecting other people's learning experiences
My top tip for becoming an Olympian is?
Eat right, sleep right, train right
What's the most annoying thing your teammates do?
Fart
My last supper would comprise ...
Good Italian antipasto, jalfrezi, rice and a peshwari naan, followed by sticky toffee pudding
Who has been the most influential person in your life to date?
Ed Clancy and Matt Parker (former Team GB endurance coach)
When I'm not competing I like to...
Play with my coffee machine - I am a coffee obsessive!
Last film you saw?
Hall Pass
If I wasn't an athlete I would probably be ...
Looking for work in this recession with a degree
Name your five ideal dinner party guests (dead or alive) very briefly noting what they bring to the party.
Peter Kay (dinner table comedy)
Eddy Merckx (Greatest cyclist to have ever lived)
Ed Sheeran (great bloke and after dinner singalong)
Katherine Jenkins (I have a crush on her)
Alejandro Mendez (World Barista Champion 2011)
Marmite: food of the gods or work of the devil?
Actually I'm the minority that doesn't care. I wouldn't choose it but then I'll happily eat it
Career high point to date?
Winning the World Championships, firstly as a Junior and then this year as a Senior
Who insures your car and home?
BMW insures my car and Nationwide my house
Can you win the gold in London?
I have to believe I can, or I wouldn't be giving up so much of my life to try to achieve it.
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