Andrew David Jameson (born 19 February 1965) is an English sports commentator and former competitive swimmer. Active as an elite swimmer in the mid-to-late 1980s he represented Great Britain in two consecutive

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, the FINA World Championships, LEN European Championships, as well as England in the Commonwealth Games. At his peak between 1986 and 1988 he won the gold medal in 100 metre butterfly at the

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, the

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and the

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, as well as the 100 metre freestyle gold at the same Universiade. Winning the bronze medal at the

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, Jameson's career in the pool culminated in winning the bronze medal in the

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, his second and final Olympic Games.

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Jameson was born in

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. His swimming career was initially centred on individual medley and backstroke events, but after studying at

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, he decided to specialise in the 100-metre butterfly and 100-metre freestyle events. Initially he represented

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in the backstroke events, at the

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, Australia. He had also won the 1982 ASA National Championship title in the 200 metres backstroke. A founder member of Kelly College Swim Squad in

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(along with Sharron Davies) Jameson represented Great Britain at the

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in Los Angeles, where he finished 5th place in the 100-metre butterfly. He then won silver in the 100-metre butterfly at the 1985 European Championships (Sofia), behind the German star swimmer Michael Gross. Jameson took bronze in the 100-metre butterfly at the 1986 World Championships (Madrid), and then went on to take gold when representing

in the same event at the

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Commonwealth Games later that year. In addition to the gold he won a silver and bronze in the relay events and a bronze in the 100 metres freestyle. He went on to win the 1986 and 1988 ASA National Championship 100 metres butterfly titles, the 1988 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres backstroke title in 1982. He won gold at the 1987 European Championships (Strasbourg) in the 100-metre butterfly, and was also part of the team which took silver in the 4×100-metre medley relay and going into the

in Seoul, South Korea, he was one of the pre-race favourites to win, having been undefeated for over two years in the 100-metre butterfly. He qualified fastest into the final, where he took bronze in a time of 53.30 seconds, breaking both the British and Commonwealth records in the process.

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Jameson was educated at

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and presented prizes at the school's prize giving ceremony in December 1988. Jameson retired from competitive swimming in 1989. He commentates on swimming for the

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with fellow Olympian

Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Since the ...

. His older sister Helen was also a competitive swimmer, and represented Britain at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay. His younger sister Jo was a swimmer then became a primary teacher. He now lives in London with his wife Peggy Jameson, with whom he has two children, Maisie (1998) and Oscar (2000).

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British Olympic Association athlete profile

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