At the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Dan and crew mates Alex Partridge, James Foad, Cameron Nichol, Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Tom Ransley and (cox) Phelan Hill won a silver medal in the men's eight after rowing through opposition from Canada nand Australia. Germany won the gold.

During the 2011 World Cup Series Dan raced in the men's eight, taking a silver medal behind Germany in Munich and a bronze in Lucerne.

At the 2011 GB Rowing Team Senior Trials held on 16-17 April at Eton/Dorney, Dan took 6th place in the men's pair with Matt Langridge.

At the 2010 World Rowing Championships on New Zealand's Lake Karapiro, Dan won a fine silver medal in the eight. This was an excellent step on for the crew, who were only six-tenths of a second behind the reigning world champions, Germany, as they crossed the line.  The bronze medal went to Australia.

For the 2010 World Cup series Dan raced in the men's eight, winning a gold medal in Bled, a bronze in Munich and taking another bronze in Lucerne which was a significant step up for the crew given the calibre of the field there.

He was originally a talented swimmer, racing the 1500m for GB at the European Junior Championships in 2004 and achieving a world ranking of 72.  Dan then moved to Australia and attended a school that was strong in rowing which gave him the idea to try it one day and he did this on his return to the UK.  His older sister also represented GB at swimming.

He was selected for the GB Rowing Team's Start Programme, sponsored by Siemens, in 2006.  That year, after just 9 months of rowing, Dan won the elite single sculls at Marlow Regatta and Senior 2 single sculls at Metropolitan Regatta.

2008 was Dan's first year of U23s, having narrowly missed out on a squad place in 2007.  He raced in the four at the 2008 World U23 Championships, finishing in 6th place.

Dan raced in the men's eight at the 2009 World Championships in Poznan, finishing 5th, after the crew achieved a direct A-Final qualification from their heat by overhauling Australia on the last stroke.  This followed a successful season in the eight in which he won a bronze medal at the World U23 Championships, after taking bronze at the Munich World Cup and coming 4th in Lucerne.

His hobbies include reading, going to the movies and coaching swimming.  Outside rowing, Dan's long term ambition is to join the police force.  

Dan is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.