Alex has been involved in Olympic sports as both a competitor and organiser. During Alex’s career as a pentathlete he was Australian national champion a record number of eight times and selected for four consecutive Olympic Games – 1980 Moscow, 1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona.
In late 2003 Alex moved to Noosa on the QLD Sunshine Coast to pursue new ventures in sport and tourism including the development of Equathon Holdings and. Alex has just been appointed in February 2009 to the Planning and Management Team for the new Queensland State Equestrian Centre to be built at Caboolture in South East Queensland. Alex has two wonderful children, Saxon (18) and Milani (10).