Adam Whitehead
Personal information
Full nameAdam James Whitehead
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1980-03-28) 28 March 1980
Coventry, England
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place1998 Sheffield200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place1999 Lisbon200 m breaststroke
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2001 Beijing50 m breaststroke
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2002 Manchester50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place1998 Kuala Lumpur200 m breaststroke

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

  1. ↑ "Henley College Coventry". The Independent. London. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ "For the Record". The Times. 9 July 1999. p. 49.
  6. ↑ "For the Record". The Times. 13 July 1998. p. 39.
  7. ↑ "For the Record". The Times. 12 July 1999. p. 43.
  8. ↑ "For the Record". The Times. 31 July 2000. p. 35.
  9. ↑ "Blog: Education will not solve youth inactivity alone. It's all a matter of mindset". Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. 30 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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