Adam Scholefield

{{Short description|British water polo player and researcher}}

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Adam James Scholefield (born 24 May 1985){{cite web |title=Adam Scholefield: Team GB |url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/adam-scholefield |publisher=British Olympic Association |accessdate=19 July 2012}} is a researcher and British water polo player.

He graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in electrical engineering and a Ph.D in image processing.{{cite web |last=Ross-Joannou |first=Emily |title=Eyes on the Prize |url=http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/reporter/2012/02/17/eyes-on-the-prize/ |publisher=Imperial College London |accessdate=19 July 2012 |date=17 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613102234/http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/reporter/2012/02/17/eyes-on-the-prize/ |archive-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead }} He is {{convert|1.89|m}} tall and weighs {{convert|99|kg}}. He is coached by Cristian Iordache, Petik Attila and Norman Leighton.

Scholefield competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the men's tournament at the Water Polo Arena.{{cite news |title=London 2012: Great Britain water polo teams announced |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18583606 |accessdate=19 July 2012 |date=25 June 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite web |title=Men's Water Polo |url=http://www.london2012.com/water-polo/event/men/ |publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=19 July 2012 |archive-date=3 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103190428/www.london2012.com/water-polo/event/men/ |url-status=dead }} It was the first time the Great Britain men's national water polo team appeared at an Olympics since the 1956 Games held in Melbourne, Australia. In 2014, he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Water Polo Championships in Aberdeen.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/27006640 |title=Water polo: England win double gold at Commonwealths |website=BBC Sport |access-date=24 April 2016}}

Since June 2015, and as of March 2017, Scholefield is working, with Prof. Martin Vetterli, as a postdoctoral researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.{{Cite web |url=http://lcav.epfl.ch/people/adam.scholefield |title=Scholefield Adam |website=lcav.epfl.ch |access-date=24 April 2016}}