Andrew Bree

{{short description|Irish swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox swimmer|

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| fullname = Andrew Patrick Bree

| nationality = Irish

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Ards/Tennessee

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|3|16}}

| birth_place = Helen's Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland

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| height = 6 ft 6inches

| weight = 209 lb

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{{MedalSport | swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition | European Championships - Short Course}}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Dublin | 200 m breaststroke}}

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Andrew Patrick Bree (born 16 March 1981) is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is a two-time Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics for Ireland. He also represented Northern Ireland four times at the Commonwealths and placed fifth twice in the 200m breaststroke. Andrew attended the University of Tennessee.

He became the first Northern Irish person to win a medal at the European Short Course Swimming Championships when he finished second in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2003 Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, Ireland.[http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/1214/swimming01.html Bree wins European silver at National Aquatic Centre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041102172316/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/1214/swimming01.html |date=2 November 2004 }}, RTÉ Sport, published 14 December 2003; retrieved 1 June 2009. His home club is Ards, but as of 2008 he trains in the United States at the University of Tennessee.

After swimming at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney;[http://www.rte.ie/sport/2000/0919/irisholympics4.html Olympics: Bree sets PB for 200m Breaststroke] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010517144419/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2000/0919/irisholympics4.html |date=17 May 2001 }}, RTÉ Sport; published 19 September 2000; retrieved 1 June 2009. He failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[http://www.rte.ie/sport/2004/0627/breea.html Bree fails in Olympic bid] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205035438/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2004/0627/breea.html |date=5 December 2004 }}, RTÉ Sport, published 27 June 2004; retrieved 1 June 2009. However, he qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, where he equaled the 200 m LC breaststroke record and placed fifth.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/results/4783206.stm 2006 Commonwealth Games Results: Swimming: 100 breaststroke], bbc.co.uk; published 18 March 2006.

In the months leading up to the 2008 Olympics he tested positive at a drug test. Bree claimed that he had used a nasal spray and did not know it contained banned substances. The results of the drug test were later overturned and he was allowed swim at the Beijing Olympics.[http://www.rte.ie/sport/2008/0601/drivetimesport.html Andrew Bree interview with RTÉ Radio 1]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; original airdate 1 June 2008; retrieved 14 March 2015.