Adam Peaty
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Adam Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is a British competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke.
He has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, FINA World Championships, and European Championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics, the first by a male British Swimmer in 24 years.
Peaty is the 2016 Olympic champion, 2015 world champion, the 2014 and 2016 European champion, and 2014 Commonwealth champion in 100 metre breaststroke, the 2015 World champion and 2014 European champion in 50 metre breaststroke, part of the Great Britain team that won the mixed medley relay world title, and the world record holder as of 5 August 2015 in all three events. He is the first swimmer ever to win both sprint breaststroke events at the same World championships, and the most successful British swimmer in a single World Championships. He is one of only three British swimmers, with David Wilkie and Rebecca Adlington, to have won gold medals at all four major international events (Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Games), and the only swimmer to have completed the full 'grand slam' by holding all four major gold medals in the same single event at the same time, a feat he completed in winning the 100 metres breaststroke at the 2015 Summer Olympics.
Early and personal life
Adam Peaty was born on 28 December 1994 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire to Mark and Caroline Peaty, the youngest of four children. He attended Painsley Catholic College and Derby College.[2][3] As a young boy, he had an acute fear of water and was averse to being put in the bath.[4]
Career
"I can’t believe it, it’s a dream, I’ve studied Cameron [van der Burgh] for a while– he was my idol, and now he’s my rival. I knew I would go off quickly, but I caught him. It is a major stepping-stone for me, and for swimming in the country."
The Daily Telegraph quoting Peaty[5]
Peaty trains at the City of Derby swimming club, where he is coached by Melanie Marshall, a former Olympic swimmer. He also trains up to eight times per week at Repton School, a co-educational boarding independent school in the village of Repton in Derbyshire, and two sessions at Loughborough University.[6] When he began at City of Derby at the age of 14, Marshall was not impressed by Peaty's performance in the freestyle, in the slow lane with younger children, but she noticed "something special" from the first time she saw him swim breaststroke.[7]
Peaty's first senior event was the European Short Course Championships, held in Herning, Denmark, where he achieved three personal bests in three events.[8]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Peaty entered four events: the 50 metre breaststroke, the 100 metre breaststroke, the 200 metre breaststroke, and the 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[2] In the 50 metre breaststroke, Peaty won his semi-final and finished 2nd in the final with a time of 26.78, 0.02 seconds behind South African Cameron van der Burgh.[9] In the 100 metre breaststroke, Peaty finished first, his time of 58.94 was 0.34 seconds faster than Van der Burgh, who came in second.[10] Olympic champion and world record holder Van der Burgh was the favourite to win, but Peaty managed a record time for a British man in the event.[5] In the 200 metre breaststroke, Peaty finished in 4th place, 0.15 seconds off a medal position and 2.72 seconds behind first placed Scotsman Ross Murdoch.[11] The 4 × 100 metre medley relay took place on 29 July 2014.[12] He was mentored by Rebecca Adlington.[5]
At the European Aquatic Championships in August 2014, Peaty took part in the final of the 4 × 100 m Mixed Medley Relay, along with Chris Walker-Hebborn, Jemma Lowe and Francesca Halsall. He touched in a time of 00:59.30 for his 100m Breaststroke leg, and the team achieved the world record pace of 3:44.02. He won four gold medals for Great Britain and setting two world records.
In the 2014 World Short Course Championships, he rounded off his year with three silver medals in 50 metre, 100 metre and 4 x 50 metre mixed relay.
In 2015, his rise continued, breaking the world record for 100 metre breaststroke at the British Championships and World Trials by almost half a second, to become the first man under 58 seconds for the event, and qualifying for all three breaststroke events at the 2015 FINA World Aquatic Championships. At those championships, he twice broke the championship record in the 100 metres breaststroke to become a World Champion for the first time.[13]
In the heats of the 100 metres breaststroke in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Summer Olympics Peaty broke his own world record.[14]
Peaty holds the world records for the 50 metres breaststroke with a time of 26.42 seconds, the 100 metres breaststroke with a time of 57.13 seconds and the 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay in 3:41.71. A previous 50 metre record of 26.62, since surpassed by Peaty, is as yet to be ratified by FINA because of administrative errors in standard post race testing, although it is generally recognised by statisticians.[15]
On 7 August 2016, he won Great Britain's first gold medal of the games in the 100 metres breaststroke and also broke the world record set by himself the previous night, he won with a time of 57.13 seconds.[16][17]
See also
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References
- ↑ "Mel Marshall is Coach of The Year After Stellar Season For Her & Adam Peaty". Swim Vortex. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Adam Peaty". Commonwealth Games 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ Willgress, Lydia (8 August 2016). "Adam Peaty's grandmother recalls how he used to 'scream when he got in the bath' and tells how she 'went ballistic' when he won gold". Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 Brown, Oliver (26 July 2014). "Francesca Halsall seals Commonwealth Games gold in 50 metres freestyle". The Daily Telegraph. Sports. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ Liz Byrnes (13 April 2015). "Swimmer Adam Peaty begins road to world championships after stellar 2014". The Guardian.
- ↑ Jones, Caroline (8 August 2016). "Who is Adam Peaty? 10 things you might not know about the Olympic gold-medal swimmer". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "Adam Peaty". swimming.org. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Men's 50m Breaststroke Final". Commonwealth Games 2014. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Final". Commonwealth Games 2014. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final". Commonwealth Games 2014. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Swimming". Commonwealth Games 2014. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ Peaty takes World Gold. Bbc.co.uk (2015-08-03). Retrieved on 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Adam Peaty sets world record in 100m breaststroke heats". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ Peaty bypasses FINA Farce, sets new WR. Swimvortex.com
- ↑ Rio 2016: Adam Peaty wins Olympic swimming gold – Live – BBC Sport. Bbc.co.uk (1970-01-01). Retrieved on 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Adam Peaty wins first Olympic gold and smashes world record again". Guardian. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Cameron van der Burgh |
World Record Holder Men's 50 Breaststroke 22 August 2014*–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Cameron van der Burgh |
World Record Holder Men's 100 Breaststroke 17 April 2015–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by United States |
World Record Holder 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay for Great Britain with Chris Walker-Hebborn, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Francesca Halsall 5 August 2015–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Dániel Gyurta |
European Swimmer of the Year 2014 – 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Kosuke Hagino |
World Swimmer of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded by Michael Phelps |
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