Blair Tunevitsch and his cousin Alister Foot, is also on the senior team, were both reserves for the men’s lightweight four at the London 2012 Olympic Games. They are now both setting their sights on Rio 2016.
Tunevitsch took bronze at the 2006 U23 World Championships in Belgium before making his senior debut in the lightweight men’s eight at the 2008 World Championships in Austria. Two years later, in 2010, Tunevitsch won silver in both the lightweight men’s four and eight at the World Championships in New Zealand. He then went one better the next year, winning gold with the lightweight eight.