Cammile Adams

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Cammile Adams
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Personal information
Full nameNatalie Cammile Adams
NicknameCam-cam
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1991-09-11) September 11, 1991 (age 33)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight143 lb (65 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, Freestyle
ClubAggie Swim Club
SwimMAC Carolina
College team Texas A&M University
Coach Steve Bultman (Texas A&M)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kazan 200 m butterfly
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Gold Coast 200 m butterfly

Natalie Cammile Adams (born September 11, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly events. She represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.

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Career

Adams was born in Houston, Texas on September 11, 1991, and graduated from Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, Texas. At 15, at the UIL State Championships at Austin in February, 2007, she placed second in the 100 butterfly with a 55.97 and third in the 500 freestyle. [1] At 17, in July 2009, she placed fourth in the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis in the women' s 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:10.25. [2] At 18, at the UIL 5A Texas State Championship in February 2010, swimming for Cypress Woods High, she placed only fifth in the 100-yard butterfly with a 54.66, but demonstrating strong endurance training, won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:47.27. [3]

Adams attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where she swam for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2011 to 2014 under Hall of Fame head coach Steve Bultman. [4] [5] In four years of swimming for the Aggies, she won four Big 12 individual championships in the 200-yard butterfly, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard individual medley (twice). At the 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, she finished second in the 200-yard butterfly and was recognized as an All-American. As a senior, Adams won the 200-yard butterfly at the 2014 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.

Olympics

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Adams made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by winning the 200-meter butterfly with the top qualifying time of 2:06.76. [6] [7] [8] Adams also competed in the 400-meter individual medley at the trials, and finished third with a time of 4:38.62. [9] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished fifth in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:06.78 [10] [11]

To prepare for the 2016 Olympics, she trained with head coach David Marsh at SwimMAC, in Charlotte, North Carolina, who would also direct her as the Head Coach at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and had coached swimming at Auburn University. [12]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on August 10, just missing the bronze medal, she finished fourth in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly with a career best time of 2:05.90. [13]

Competing in the 200-meter butterfly, her signature event in international competition, in the Pan Pacifics, she won a gold in 2014, and in 2015 won a silver medal in the World Aquatics Championships. [13] [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Swimming, U.S. Nationals", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 11 July 2009, page A9
  3. ↑ "Swimming, State Results", The Monitor, McAllen, Texas, 28 February 2010, pg. 32
  4. ↑ "Texas A&M Staff, Steve Bultman". 12thman.com.
  5. ↑ "Kaufman, Sophie, Texas A&M Coach Steve Bultman Announces Retirement after 25 years". swimswam.com. January 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Women's 200 Butterfly", Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, 24 June 2012, pg. 55
  7. ↑ "Texas A&M's Cammile Adams earns trip to Olympics," The Bryan–College Station Eagle (July 1, 2012). Retrieved July 5, 2012).
  8. ↑ "A&M's Adams 'Flies' to Victory; Cal Alum Adrian Punches Ticket". Collegeswimming.com. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  9. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 400 metre individual medley (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  10. ↑ Results of the final on the BBC Sport website [ permanent dead link ]
  11. 1 2 "Olympedia Bio, Cammile Adams". olympedia.org.
  12. ↑ "Fowler", The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, 24 June 2016, pg. B3
  13. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cammile Adams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
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