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Adam James Whitehead (born 28 March 1980) is a male former
breaststroke Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...
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from
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,
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.


Early life

He attended
Henley College Coventry Henley College was a further education college in the city of Coventry, England. Established in 1964, it was one of three further education colleges within the city boundaries, alongside Coventry College and Hereward College before its merger ...


Competitive swimming career

Whitehead competed at the
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in
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,
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. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the men's
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and 200 m breaststroke. He represented
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and won a
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in the 200 metres breaststroke event, at the
1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...
in
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, Malaysia. Four years later he won a gold medal and silver medal in the breaststroke events at the
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. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 50 metres breaststroke and the 100 metres breaststroke in 1999. However, in his strongest event, the 200 metres breaststroke, he won the title three times (1998, 1999 and 2000).


Mentoring and management

After this, he worked with the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust as an athlete mentor, using the experiences and skills he gained as an elite sports performer to inspire and support young people, and later in a management role.


See also

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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 50 metre backstroke ...


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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Adam 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Coventry Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games English male breaststroke swimmers British male breaststroke swimmers Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Alumni of Henley College Coventry FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen