[1][2] Originally played basketball for the Great Britain U20 squad, after attending Kent School, CT, to increase his exposure to US university coaches.

It was at Kent that he discovered rowing and found his talents growing quickly under the high quality coaching at the prestigious school.

Post university Buchan travelled back to the UK to train, where he won British Rowing April trials, the Ladies Plate at Henley Royal Regatta and FISU world championships in the eight.

[4] Buchan is the founder of the Yamsquad, originally started to embrace the community behind social media.

[5] He has a rowing-themed YouTube channel, and is known for his sayings "Food is Fuel", "Aww Yeah", and "Variation is one of the keys to motivation".