Adam Faulkner (swimmer)

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Adam Faulkner
Personal information
Full nameAdam Paul Faulkner
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1981-11-26) 26 November 1981 (age 42)
Nottingham, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubNova Centurion
CoachBill Furniss
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle

Adam Paul Faulkner (born 26 November 1981) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. Faulkner specialised in long-distance freestyle events. [1] He won a bronze medal, as a member of England swimming team, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, with a final time of 7:22.56. [2]

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Faulkner is a member of Nova Centurion Swimming Club in his home city of Nottingham under his coach Bill Furniss, who also trains with Rebecca Adlington. [3]

Faulkner made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 1500 m freestyle. Swimming in heat five, he rounded out the field to last place and twenty-ninth overall on the morning prelims with a time of 15:39.86. [4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Faulkner swam the 400 m freestyle. He finished first ahead of Graeme Smith from the Olympic trials, in a personal best and an A-standard entry time of 3:49.97. [5] [6] [7] Faulkner challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including former finalists Grant Hackett of Australia and Dragoş Coman of Romania. He came in only 0.24 of a second behind Coman.

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