Richard Maden
{{short description|British swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| fullname = Jonathan Richard Maden
| nicknames = Ric
| national_team = {{GBR2}}
| strokes = Breaststroke
| club = Rochdale Aquabears
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Littleborough, England
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| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalBronze | 1997 Gothenburg | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalBronze | 1996 Riesa | 4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | medley relay}}
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Jonathan Richard Maden (born 21 September 1972) is a male English former competitive swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events.
Swimming career
He represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he finished ninth in the men's 100-metre breaststroke in a time of 1:02.51.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/richard-maden-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041200/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/richard-maden-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Profile|website=Sports reference}}
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay 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}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52389|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
In 1997 at the ASA National British Championships he won all three National breaststroke titles over 50 metres breaststroke,{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500849050/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=17db8d2d|title="For the Record." Times, 18 July 1997, p. 42|website=Times Digital Archive}} 100 metres breaststroke{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500145516/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c67851e8|title="For the Record." Times, 19 July 1997, p. 47|website=Times Digital Archive}} and the 200 metres breaststroke.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500146379/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1c69e1a7|title="For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40|website=Times Digital Archive}}
Affiliated with swimming club Rochdale Aquabears, Maden won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships, alongside Martin Harris (backstroke), James Hickman (butterfly) and Mark Foster (freestyle).
See also
References
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Category:English male breaststroke swimmers
Category:British male breaststroke swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Littleborough, Greater Manchester
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming