Cammile Adams
{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Cammile Adams
| image = Kazan 2015 - Cammile Adams.jpg
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| full_name = Natalie Cammile Adams
| nicknames = Cam-cam
| national_team = {{USA}}
| strokes = Butterfly, Freestyle
| club = Aggie Swim Club
SwimMAC Carolina
| collegeteam = Texas A&M University
| coach = Steve Bultman (Texas A&M)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|9|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 10 in
| weight = 143 lb
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Kazan | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Gold Coast | 200 m butterfly}}
}}
Natalie Cammile Adams (born September 11, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly events. She represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.
Career
Adams was born in Houston, Texas on September 11, 1991, and graduated from Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, Texas. At 15, at the UIL State Championships at Austin in February, 2007, she placed second in the 100 butterfly with a 55.97 and third in the 500 freestyle."Box Scores, Swimming and Diving", Fort-Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 18 February 2007, pg. 57 At 17, in July 2009, she placed fourth in the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis in the women' s 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:10.25."Swimming, U.S. Nationals", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 11 July 2009, page A9 At 18, at the UIL 5A Texas State Championship in February 2010, swimming for Cypress Woods High, she placed only fifth in the 100-yard butterfly with a 54.66, but demonstrating strong endurance training, won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:47.27."Swimming, State Results", The Monitor, McAllen, Texas, 28 February 2010, pg. 32
Adams attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where she swam for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2011 to 2014 under Hall of Fame head coach Steve Bultman.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/staff-directory/steve-bultman/280|title=Texas A&M Staff, Steve Bultman|website=12thman.com}}{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/texas-am-womens-head-coach-steve-bultman-announces-retirement-after-25-years/|title=Kaufman, Sophie, Texas A&M Coach Steve Bultman Announces Retirement after 25 years|website=swimswam.com|date=January 29, 2024 }} In four years of swimming for the Aggies, she won four Big 12 individual championships in the 200-yard butterfly, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard individual medley (twice). At the 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, she finished second in the 200-yard butterfly and was recognized as an All-American. As a senior, Adams won the 200-yard butterfly at the 2014 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
=Olympics=
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Adams made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by winning the 200-meter butterfly with the top qualifying time of 2:06.76."Women's 200 Butterfly", Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, 24 June 2012, pg. 55"[http://www.theeagle.com/article/20120701/BC02/120709966/1098/BC02 Texas A&M's Cammile Adams earns trip to Olympics]," The Bryan–College Station Eagle (July 1, 2012). Retrieved July 5, 2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2012/jun/29/ms-adams-flies-victory-cal-alum-adrian-punches-tic|title=A&M's Adams 'Flies' to Victory; Cal Alum Adrian Punches Ticket |publisher = Collegeswimming.com|access-date=June 30, 2012}} Adams also competed in the 400-meter individual medley at the trials, and finished third with a time of 4:38.62.{{cite web|url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201042502FFFFFFFFFFFF02|title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 400 metre individual medley (final)|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629214956/http://www.omegatiming.com/file/download/?id=00010C010201042502FFFFFFFFFFFF02|archive-date=June 29, 2012|url-status=dead}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished fifth in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:06.78[http://london2012.bbc.co.uk/swimming/event/women-200m-butterfly/index.html?v=20120801-202921028 Results of the final on the BBC Sport website]{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126608|title=Olympedia Bio, Cammile Adams|website=olympedia.org}}
To prepare for the 2016 Olympics, she trained with head coach David Marsh at SwimMAC, in Charlotte, North Carolina, who would also direct her as the Head Coach at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and had coached swimming at Auburn University."Fowler", The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, 24 June 2016, pg. B3
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on August 10, just missing the bronze medal, she finished fourth in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly with a career best time of 2:05.90.{{cite Sports-Reference}}
Competing in the 200-meter butterfly, her signature event in international competition, in the Pan Pacifics, she won a gold in 2014, and in 2015 won a silver medal in the World Aquatics Championships.
See also
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20210419072951}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{USA Swimming|new_id=cammile-adams|archive=20210602213759}}
- {{USOPC|new_id=cammile-adams|old_id=AD/Cammile-Adams|archive=20220711224745}}
- [http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=636748&SPID=93236&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205236250&Q_SEASON=2011 Cammile Adams – Texas A&M University athlete profile at AggieAthletics.com]
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Category:American female butterfly swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for the United States
Category:Swimmers from Houston
Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Texas A&M Aggies women's swimmers