Mark Nevin

Mark Nevin
  • Competition:Painting & Decorating (22)
  • Date of birth:17/07/1987
  • Home town:Livingstone
  • Region:Scotland
  • Studied at:Edinburgh Telford College
  • Employer:Nevin of Edinburgh
  • Qualifications:- SVQ 2, 3
  • Training Manager: Peter Walters

Ambition

To be the best in the world, at my skill.

What made you get involved in competitions?

Potential success and the aspiration to be the best.

What does this experience mean to you?

Everything from first light in the morning till sleeping. When my eyes close, I can only see Gold!

Personal achievements

Overcoming my heartbreak at not competing at WorldSkills Shizuoka 2007, qualifying again and picking myself up to get back in the saddle and competing.

Something we didn’t know about Mark

I’m a painting geek, football fanatic and keen fisherman.

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