Adam Basil (born 14 April 1975) is a former

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track and field athlete, specialising in

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and

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. Basil joined the

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in 2000. He represented Australia at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, 2003 World Championships in Paris, France and

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in Lisbon, Portugal. He was part of the 4x100m Australian team (Paul Di Bella, Steve Brimacombe &

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) that won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada and the

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in Brisbane. In Edmonton the team originally placed fourth. The team was later awarded third place after the winning USA team was retrospectively disqualified due to illegal drug infringements. At the 2003 National 100 m titles Basil placed third behind Patrick Johnson and

. He ran the 1st leg for Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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in the 4x100m relay with

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, Patrick Johnson and Joshua Ross. The team qualified for the final where they finished 6th with a time of 38.56. This was the first time an Australian Men's 4x100m relay team had made an Olympic Final. Adam was the strength and conditioning coach at the

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and part-time athletics coach at

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. In late 2013, he joined the

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as High Performance coach. Adam Basil completed his secondary education at Strathmore Secondary College and played junior amateur Australian Rules football at Strathmore Football Club where he won several premierships from under 10s until under 18s, typically dominant either as a central utility or potent forward. It was widely accepted that Adam would play professionally in what would become the Australian Football League but at 18yrs, Adam decided to pursue his dream of representing his country in track athletics.

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* * * 1975 births Australian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Australian people of Armenian descent Living people Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes World Athletics Championships medalists Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub

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