Adam Thorp Brown (born 16 January 1989) is an English competition

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who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics and FINA world championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. Brown specialises in the 50-metre and 100-metre

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sprint swimming events. He moved to Australia to the

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to attend

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in 2006, from which he graduated in December 2007. Brown accepted an athletic scholarship to attend

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in Auburn, Alabama, where he swam for coach David Marsh and coach

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team in

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(NCAA) and

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(SEC) competition from 2008 to 2011. He married Mary Casey Brown in October 2012 in Cleveland, Alabama, and continues to live and train in Auburn. He has been a part of the British senior national team since 2008 where he represented Great Britain at the

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in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. He also represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. He was a part of the English team at the

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in Delhi, India. He swam for Great Britain at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, China. The following year he got to represent Great Britain at the

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in London. In 2013 he went on to compete at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. At the

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, he was part of the England team that won a gold in the 4 x 100 m medley relay in a new Games record, and bronze in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay.

Results

* 2008-Beijing Olympic Games-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-8th Place * 2009-Rome World Championships-50m Freestyle-40th * 2009-Rome World Championships-100m Freestyle-28th * 2009-Rome World Championships-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-7th * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-50m Freestyle-6th * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-100m Freestyle-8th * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-SILVER MEDAL * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-4 × 100 m Medley Relay (heats only)-BRONZE MEDAL * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-50m Freestyle-13th * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-100m Freestyle-21st * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-8th * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-4 × 100 m Medley Relay-6th * 2012-London Olympic Games-50m Freestyle-20th * 2012-London Olympic Games-100m Freestyle-20th * 2012-London Olympic Games-4 × 100 m Medley Relay-4th * 2013-Barcelona World Championships-50m Freestyle-17th * 2013-Barcelona World Championships-100m Freestyle-9th * 2013-Barcelona World Championships-4 × 100 m Medley Relay-9th

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