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{{Short description|British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Coventry]], [[England]]
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships|1998 Sheffield]]|[[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 European Short Course Swimming Championships|1999 Lisbon]]|[[1999 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Swimming at the 2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]]|[[Swimming at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 50 metre breaststroke|50 m breaststroke]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|[[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2002 Manchester|[[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke|50 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|[[Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
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'''Adam James Whitehead''' (born 28 March 1980) is a male former [[breaststroke]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Coventry]], [[England]].

==Early life==
He attended [[Henley College Coventry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/henley-college-coventry-458945.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802012402/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/henley-college-coventry-458945.html |archive-date=2014-08-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title = Henley College Coventry |website = The Independent|location=London|date=9 August 2013 }}</ref>

==Competitive swimming career==
Whitehead competed at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the men's [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m]] and [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]].

He represented [[England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a [[bronze medal]] in the 200 metres breaststroke event, at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four years later he won a gold medal and silver medal in the breaststroke events at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52390|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

At the ASA National British Championships he won the [[British Swimming Championships - 50 metres breaststroke winners|50 metres breaststroke]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500235401/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=97e25f7f|title=For the Record|newspaper=The Times|date=9 July 1999 |page=49 }}</ref> and the [[British Swimming Championships - 100 metres breaststroke winners|100 metres breaststroke]] in 1999. However, in his strongest event, the [[British Swimming Championships - 200 metres breaststroke winners|200 metres breaststroke]], he won the title three times (1998, 1999 and 2000).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501262636/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=79de097c|title=For the Record|newspaper=The Times|date=13 July 1998 |page=39 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500235694/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=90f4b823|title=For the Record.|newspaper=The Times|date=12 July 1999 |page=43 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501386543/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b65298f4|title=For the Record |newspaper=The Times|date=31 July 2000 |page=35 }}</ref>

==Mentoring and management==
After this, he worked with the [[Dame Kelly Holmes Trust]] as an athlete mentor, using the experiences and skills he gained as an elite sports performer to inspire and support young people, and later in a management role.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blog: Education will not solve youth inactivity alone. It's all a matter of mindset|url=https://www.damekellyholmestrust.org/news/blog-education-will-not-solve-youth-inactivity-alone-its-all-a-matter-of-mindset|website=Dame Kelly Holmes Trust|access-date=4 October 2017|date=30 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004192708/https://www.damekellyholmestrust.org/news/blog-education-will-not-solve-youth-inactivity-alone-its-all-a-matter-of-mindset|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{webarchive |title=Adam Whitehead at British Swimming |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720164221/http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0%2C8510%2C5157-182824-200042-42716-269445-custom-item%2C00.html |date=20 July 2008}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGF profile|52390}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|adam-whitehead|org_id=adam-james-whitehead|org_name=Adam James Whitehead|org_archive=20200925114746}}
* {{World Aquatics|name=Adam James Whitehead}}

{{Footer European SC Champions 200m Breaststroke Men}}
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Coventry]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
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[[Category:English male breaststroke swimmers]]
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[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Alumni of Henley College Coventry]]
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