Adam Pine

Adam Pine

Personal information
Full name	Adam Robert Pine
National team	Australia
Born	(1976-02-28) 28 February 1976 Lismore, New South Wales
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Yeronga Park Ginninderra Marlins
College team	University of Nebraska
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Australia Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley Silver 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) Gold 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley Silver 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Gold 2008 Manchester 50 m butterfly Silver 2002 Moscow 50 m butterfly Silver 2002 Moscow 100 m butterfly Silver 2002 Moscow 4×100 m medley Silver 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships Bronze 1995 Atlanta 100 m butterfly Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley Silver 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m butterfly Bronze 1994 Victoria 100 m butterfly Bronze 2002 Manchester 100 m butterfly Summer Universiade Gold 1999 Mallorca 100 m butterfly Gold 1999 Mallorca 4×100 m freestyle

Adam Robert Pine (born 28 February 1976) is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[1]

Pine competed for Australia in the 2000, and 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2000, he swam in the heats for the gold (4×100-metre freestyle relay) and silver (4×100-metre medley relay) medal winning relay teams. In 2004, he swam in the 100-metre butterfly and was a member of the Australian 4×100-metre medley relay team, however this relay team failed to reach the finals.^[2]

Pine recited the Athletes Oath at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, this was an appropriate gesture as he has won medals for Australia in the three Commonwealth Games leading up to the Melbourne games.

At the age of 31 he qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100-metre butterfly (52.13). At the 2009 Rome World Championship trials (Australian Long Course swimming trials) Pine swam in the finals finishing 2nd in the 100-metre butterfly. This swim was under the A qualifying time for the world championships and earned himself a spot on the Australian World Championship Team.^[3]

Pine trained at CISAC in Bruce, ACT registered with the Ginninderra Marlins Swim Club. His coach was Cameron Gledhill. Adam is married to Sasha Pine, the daughter of Olympic swimmers Diana Rickard and Roger van Hamburg.^[1] Adam and Sasha both attended Nebraska University in the United States on scholarships. They have three children: Max, Buster and Xander. After retirement from competition, Adam became general manager of community sports.^[4] Adam Pine is now the head paralimic coach for Australia.

References

External links

• Adam Pine on Twitter