David O'Brien (born 28 January 1983) is a retired British swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2004), a resident athlete of

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, and a member of Stirling Swimming Club, under head coach Chris Martin. O'Brien qualified for the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the British team, at the

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. He finished sixth in the 200 m freestyle from the Olympic trials in

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, posting a relay entry time of 1:51.12. Teaming with Simon Burnett, Gavin Meadows, and Ross Davenport in the final, O'Brien swam a third leg and recorded a split of 1:49.05. He and the rest of the Brits missed the podium by 0.77 seconds behind the Italians, led by

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, finishing fourth in a new national record of 7:12.60.

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Profile – British Amateur Swimming Federation
1983 births Living people English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers English people of Irish descent Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Prescot World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming British male long-distance swimmers 21st-century English sportsmen {{UK-swimming-bio-stub