Adam Whitehead
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Adam James Whitehead (born 28 March 1980) is a male former breaststroke swimmer from Coventry, England.
Early life
He attended Henley College Coventry[1]
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 100 m and 200 m breaststroke.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3] Four years later he won a gold medal and silver medal in the breaststroke events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[4]
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 50 metres breaststroke[5] and the 100 metres breaststroke in 1999. However, in his strongest event, the 200 metres breaststroke, he won the title three times (1998, 1999 and 2000).[6][7][8]
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.[9]
See also
References
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External links
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Coventry
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- English male breaststroke swimmers
- British male breaststroke swimmers
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Alumni of Henley College Coventry
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen