Paul Wycherley is an international kayaker who started the sport, aged 12, at the Wey Kayak Club in Guildford in 1998.  His dream is to win an Olympic Gold Medal and he is currently training for between 4 and 6 hours per day to realise this dream.

A day in the life of Paul starts with a one hour training session on the water at 7am.  He then has a chance to exercise his grey matter working from 10am until 3pm at Huntswood as a client partner.  As well as office work Paul gets a chance to develop his communication and sales skills at client meetings.  It’s then back to the kayak for a 1.5hour session on the water followed by 2 hours in the gym.  It’s hardly surprising that his evenings tend to be spent on the sofa refuelling and resting for the next day!

With such a busy week you’d be forgiven for thinking that Paul has his feet up at the weekend too.  You’d be wrong though.  During the competitive season he is either training or competing and in the off season he finds the time to catch up with mates to socialise and indulge himself in his own little vice; clothes shopping!  Paul even finds the time to prepare for his future after sport by studying for his university degree.

As with most elite Olympic (and Paralympic) athletes today Paul is looking for sponsorship to purchase kayaks and training kit.  A set of paddles is £200 and a kayak is about £3,000 so his equipment costs quickly mount up.

Six words that describe Paul accurately are charismatic, hard working, discerning, vivacious, principled and determined.  He would demonstrate these qualities to any sponsor by providing on site appearances, web blogs and media interviews as well as image rights.

Karim Bashir, CEO Catch Sport