Warwick Draper

Sport: Canoeing

Nation: Australia

DOB: September 23, 1976

Hometown: Arthurs Creek

Career Highlights: Draper will be making his third Olympic appearance in the K-1 event, but his path to London has been his most challenging yet. The Australian has competed with the national team for 14 years and will be seeking his first Olympic medal. He finished ninth at the Athens Games and fifth in Beijing, despite qualifying for the final run in China with the field's second-fastest time. But Draper's third Games may be the most special for him. He was stricken with Grandular Fever in 2009, forcing him to take the season off without training. After regaining his strength and endurance, he's deemed himself fit for London, and backed that diagnosis up with a second-place finish at this year's national championships.

Olympic History: 2008,2004