Adam Peaty

Adam Peaty

Personal information
Full name	Adam Peaty
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 Uttoxeter, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	189 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	City of Derby
Coach	Mel Marshall[1]
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Great Britain World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 50 m breaststroke 2015 Kazan 100 m breaststroke 2015 Kazan 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 50 m breaststroke 2014 Doha 100 m breaststroke 2014 Doha 4×50 m mixed medley European Championships (LC) 2014 Berlin 50 m breaststroke 2014 Berlin 100 m breaststroke 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley 2014 Berlin 4×100 m mixed medley European Championships (SC) 2015 Netanya 50 m breaststroke 2015 Netanya 100 m breaststroke Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 100 metre breaststroke 2014 Glasgow 4×100 metre medley 2014 Glasgow 50 metre breaststroke

Adam Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist who has represented Great Britain at the FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. Peaty is the 2015 world champion and the 2014 European and Commonwealth champion in 100 metre breaststroke, the 2015 World champion and 2014 European champion in 50 metre breaststroke, part of the Great Britain team that won the mixed medlay relay world title, and the world record holder as of 5 August 2015 in all three events. He is the first swimmer ever to win both sprint breaststroke events at the same World championships, and the most successful British swimmer in a single World Championships.

Peaty came to prominence in 2014 when, representing England, he won two gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre breaststroke and the 4x100m medley relay events, as well as silver in the shorter 50 metre breaststroke. Weeks later he became the breakout star of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, winning 4 gold medals for Great Britain and setting two world records. In the 2014 World Short Course Championships, he rounded off his year with three silver medals in 50 metre, 100 metre and 4 x 50 metre mixed relay.

In 2015, his rise continued, breaking the world record for 100 metre breaststroke at the British Championships and World Trials by almost half a second, to become the first man under 58 seconds for the event, and qualifying for all three breaststroke events at the 2015 FINA World Aquatic Championships. At those championships, he twice broke the championship record in the 100 metres breaststroke to become a World Champion for the first time.^[2]

As of 5 August 2015, Peaty holds the World Records for the 50 metres breast stroke completing the distance in 26.42 seconds, the 100 metres breast stroke with a time of 57.92 seconds and the 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay in 3:41.71. A previous 50 metre record of 26.62, since surpassed by Peaty, is as yet to be ratified by FINA because of administrative errors in standard post race testing, although it is generally recognised by statisticians.^[3]

Personal history

Adam Peaty was born on 28 December 1994 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. He attended Painsley Catholic College and Derby College.^[4]

Swimming career

Peaty trains at the City of Derby swimming club, where he is coached by Melanie Marshall, a former Olympic swimmer. He also trains up to eight times per week at Repton School, a co-educational boarding independent school in the village of Repton in Derbyshire, and two sessions at Loughborough University.^[6] . Peaty's first senior event was the European Short Course Championships, held in Herning, Denmark, where he achieved three personal bests in three events.^[7]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Peaty entered four events: the 50 metre breaststroke, the 100 metre breaststroke, the 200 metre breaststroke, and the 4 × 100 metre medley relay.^[4] In the 50 metre breaststroke, Peaty won his semi-final and finished 2nd in the final with a time of 26.78, 0.02 seconds behind South African Cameron van der Burgh.^[8] In the 100 metre breaststroke, Peaty finished first, his time of 58.94 was 0.34 seconds faster than Van der Burgh, who came in second.^[9] Olympic champion and world record holder Van der Burgh was the favourite to win, but Peaty managed a record time for a British man in the event.^[5] In the 200 metre breaststroke, Peaty finished in 4th place, 0.15 seconds off a medal position and 2.72 seconds behind first placed Scotsman Ross Murdoch.^[10] The 4 × 100 metre medley relay took place on 29 July 2014.^[11] He was mentored by Rebecca Adlington.^[5]

At the European Aquatic Championships in August 2014, Peaty took part in the final of the 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay, along with Chris Walker-Hebborn, Jemma Lowe and Francesca Halsall. He touched in a time of 00:59.30 for his 100m Breaststroke leg, and the team achieved the world record pace of 3:44.02

See also

• World record progression 50 metres breaststroke
• World record progression 100 metres breaststroke

References