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{{short description|Australian swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Adam Pine
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| fullname       = Adam Robert Pine
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| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]], [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]]
| club           = Yeronga Park<br>Ginninderra Marlins
| coach          = 
| collegeteam    = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|University of Nebraska]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|28|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Lismore, New South Wales]]
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| height         = 1.83 m
| weight         = 80&nbsp;kg
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | {{nowrap|[[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}}}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Fukuoka | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2006 Shanghai]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2008 Manchester]] | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2002 Moscow]] | 50 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Moscow | 100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Moscow | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Manchester | 100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle|4×100 m freestyle (heat)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | {{nowrap|[[Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]}} | [[Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | [[Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1999 Summer Universiade|1999 Mallorca]] | 100 m butterfly}} 
{{MedalGold | 1999 Mallorca | 4×100 m freestyle}} 
}}

'''Adam Robert Pine''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 28 February 1976) is a former competitive swimmer and current sports administrator. He has represented his country in numerous international competitions, earning several medals and setting national and commonwealth records. After retiring from competitive swimming, Pine transitioned into a career as a sports administrator, where he has made a significant impact in developing and promoting the sport in his community. He is respected for his dedication and passion for sports, as well as his ability to effectively lead teams and manage sports organisations. Pine specialised as a sprint [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] and [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] swimmer.  He was an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS) scholarship holder and national team member from 1993 to 2009 and has the longest tenure on the Australian Swim Team.<ref name=r1>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS at the Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |date=6 June 2011 }}. ausport.gov.au</ref>

Pine competed for Australia in the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], and [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. In 2000, he swam in the heats for the gold (4×100-metre freestyle relay) and silver (4×100-metre medley relay) medal winning relay teams. In 2004, he swam in the 100-metre butterfly and was a member of the Australian 4×100-metre medley relay team. In 2008, he again swam in the 100m Butterfly and medal winning {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medley relay.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/adam-pine-1.html Adam Pine]. sports-reference.com</ref>

Pine recited the Athletes Oath at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]], this was his fourth Commonwealth Games and an appropriate gesture as he has won medals for Australia in the three games leading up to the Melbourne games.

At the age of 32 he qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in the 100-metre butterfly (52.13).  At the 2009 Rome World Championship trials (Australian Long Course swimming trials) Pine swam in the finals finishing 2nd in the 100-metre butterfly.  This swim was under the A qualifying time for the world championships and earned himself a spot on the Australian World Championship Team.<ref>[http://www.les-sports.info/natation-pine-adam-resultats-identite-s10-c2-b4-o8-w9327.html Adam PINE]. les-sports.info</ref>

Pine trained at the AIS and later at [[Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre|CISAC]] in [[Bruce, ACT]] with the [[Ginninderra Marlins Swim Club]] where his coach was Cameron Gledhill.

Adam is married to Sasha Pine, the daughter of Olympic swimmers [[Diana Rickard]] and [[Roger van Hamburg]].<ref name="r1" /> Adam and Sasha both attended the [[University of Nebraska]] in the United States on scholarships where adam was NCAA champion in the 100m Butterfly.  They have four children: Max, Buster Xander and Knox.

After retirement from competition, Adam became General Manager of Community Sport at [[Swimming Australia]].<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150675749198334 A Family Portrait with Adam Pine]. facebook.com</ref> Following that position, Pine became the administrative head of the Paralympic Swimming Program for [[Swimming Australia]] he has held this position since 2013. He was appointed Team Leader for the Australian Swim Team at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]],<ref name="swim2016">{{cite web|title=Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement|url=http://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Swimming-Australia-Paralympic-Squad-Announcement.aspx|website=Swimming Australia News|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113144330/http://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Swimming-Australia-Paralympic-Squad-Announcement.aspx|archive-date=13 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2020 Paralympics and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Pine is also the founder and former Chairman of the [https://paf.org.au/ Physical Activity Foundation] (PAF). The PAF is a non-profit organisation that focuses on promoting physical activity and healthy lifestyles for people of all ages and abilities. The foundation works to create opportunities for people to engage in sports and other forms of physical activity through programs and initiatives that are designed to make it easy and accessible for everyone.

Adam is a strong advocate for the importance of sport for all. He believes that sport plays a vital role in promoting physical and mental well-being and has the power to bring people together, regardless of their background or abilities.

In January 2023 Adam began as Director of Teams for [https://invictusaustralia.org/Australia Invictus Australia] where he continues to promote the physical, social and emotional benefits of sport, while shining a light on the unique needs of younger veterans and the challenges they face as they transition from military to civilian life.

==See also==
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{AOC profile|adam-pine}}
* {{CGA profile|adam-pine}}
* {{Olympics.com|adam-pine|org_archive=20160924220947}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGF profile|52505}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile}}

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{{Footer Universiade Champions 100m Butterfly Men}}
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