This week, with CRAIG HEAP, 28, gymnast from Burnley

MEMORY: Going to school -- I went to Heasandford Primary School in Burnley -- and probably being the smallest person there. It was scary. I didn't really like school, especially coming from a farm. I wanted to be at home playing.

HERO: It would have to be Daley Thompson. I remember watching the Olympics when I was about 10 or 11 and he made a big impression on me. He looked like he was having such a good time.

HOLIDAY: I went to Spain with my parents and can vaguely remember getting myself a toy machine gun and shooting my sister several times.

DRINK: The first alcoholic drink I had was probably when I was on holiday with my parents. Sangria is enough to put anybody off for life. I rarely touch drink, especially with all the training.

JOB: Mowing my granny's lawn -- and then, when I left school, working with my parents on the farm. At the moment I am based in London, but I go home whenever I get chance.

CAR: A Y-registered Ford Fiesta which I got from my sister. She must have forgiven me for shooting her with my toy gun and I have been good to her since.

PET: Because I was brought up on a farm I had loads of pets -- two dogs, cows, and a few chickens. I like animals but it is difficult to have any at the moment because I have to go where the gyms are and have lived all over.

HOME: Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Newport, Shropshire -- I will probably go back there at the beginning of next year in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. RECORD: Pass The Dutchie by Musical Youth.

GYMNASTIC COMPETITION SUCCESS: My first success was a bronze medal in the British Championships. The first year I was a reserve but the second I got into the team. There were about 200 boys in the competition and I was over the moon.

LOVE: It has got to be gymnastics. When I was at school I used to go down on the bus to the Thompson centre in Burnley on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and train on Saturdays as well. I did this while everyone else was going out and enjoying themselves, but if you want to get to the Olympics, or anywhere, you have to make some sacrifices.