Adam Whitehead

Adam Whitehead

Personal information
Full name	Adam James Whitehead
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	(1980-03-28) 28 March 1980 Coventry, England
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	breaststroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain European Championships (SC) Gold medal – first place 1998 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke Bronze medal – third place 1999 Lisbon 200 m breaststroke Universiade Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing 50 m breaststroke Representing England Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 100 m breaststroke Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 50 m breaststroke Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 200 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.

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. Four years later he won a gold medal and silver medal in the breaststroke events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

At the ASA National British Championships he won the 50 metres breaststroke 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).

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.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)

External links

• Adam Whitehead at British Swimming at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2008)
• Adam Whitehead at Olympedia
• Adam Whitehead at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Adam Whitehead at Olympics.com
• Adam James Whitehead at Olympic.org (archived)
• Adam James Whitehead at World Aquatics