Adam Whitehead
{{Short description|British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist}}
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| birth_place = Coventry, England
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{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalGold|1998 Sheffield|200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 Lisbon|200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}
{{MedalBronze|2001 Beijing|50 m breaststroke}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2002 Manchester|50 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze|1998 Kuala Lumpur|200 m breaststroke}}
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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{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/henley-college-coventry-458945.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802012402/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/henley-college-coventry-458945.html |archive-date=2014-08-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title = Henley College Coventry |website = The Independent|location=London|date=9 August 2013 }}
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.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}} Four years later he won a gold medal and silver medal in the breaststroke events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52390|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 50 metres breaststroke{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500235401/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=97e25f7f|title=For the Record|newspaper=The Times|date=9 July 1999 |page=49 }} 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).{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501262636/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=79de097c|title=For the Record|newspaper=The Times|date=13 July 1998 |page=39 }}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500235694/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=90f4b823|title=For the Record.|newspaper=The Times|date=12 July 1999 |page=43 }}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501386543/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b65298f4|title=For the Record |newspaper=The Times|date=31 July 2000 |page=35 }}
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.{{cite web|title=Blog: Education will not solve youth inactivity alone. It's all a matter of mindset|url=https://www.damekellyholmestrust.org/news/blog-education-will-not-solve-youth-inactivity-alone-its-all-a-matter-of-mindset|website=Dame Kelly Holmes Trust|access-date=4 October 2017|date=30 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004192708/https://www.damekellyholmestrust.org/news/blog-education-will-not-solve-youth-inactivity-alone-its-all-a-matter-of-mindset|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |title=Adam Whitehead at British Swimming |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720164221/http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0%2C8510%2C5157-182824-200042-42716-269445-custom-item%2C00.html |date=20 July 2008}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{CGF profile|52390}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|adam-whitehead|org_id=adam-james-whitehead|org_name=Adam James Whitehead|org_archive=20200925114746}}
- {{World Aquatics|name=Adam James Whitehead}}
{{Footer European SC Champions 200m Breaststroke Men}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 100m Breaststroke Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Adam}}
Category:Sportspeople from Coventry
Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:English male breaststroke swimmers
Category:British male breaststroke swimmers
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Category:Alumni of Henley College Coventry
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games