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Adam Peaty
Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, and retained the title at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, the first British swimmer ever to retain an Olympic title. He is also an eight-time World Champion, a sixteen-time European Champion and a four-time Commonwealth Champion. According to FINA itself, Peaty is widely regarded as the dominant breaststroke swimmer of his era, and the most dominant sprint breaststroke swimmer of all time. Peaty is the holder of the world record in 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events, and is unbeaten in either event in a long-course global championships since 2014, a streak of eight consecutive global titles across both events, a streak of titles only broken by injury-caused absence in 2022. He has broken world records 14 times, becoming the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Roar
London Roar is a professional swimming club based in London and one of the first clubs of the International Swimming League (ISL) to be formed. It was formed in March 2019, with an international roster of swimmers including Adam Peaty who was among the first to support the formation of ISL independent of FINA. It is run by its general manager Rob Woodhouse. London hosted the sixth of the seven meets in ISL's inaugural season in 2019. The team finished second in 2019 and third in 2020. Team roster Six swimmers were named as co-captains in seasons one: Sydney Pickrem, Kyle Chalmers, Adam Peaty, Mireia Belmonte, Cate Campbell and James Guy. Peaty and Pickrem were initially announced as captains in the second season, followed by Alia Atkinson and Guilherme Guido. The team roster changes from year to year, ranging in number 32 to 36 swimmers, although only 28, 12 men and 12 women plus 2 men and 2 women for the relay, competed in ISL events. , the team roster is: Competition history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. These Games marked the first time to feature a mixed-gender swimming event in the program. Each 4-person team features two male and two female swimmers in no particular order. The medals for the competition were presented by Kirsty Coventry IOC Executive Board Member, Zimbabwe; Olympian, 2 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Errol Clarke, FINA Bureau Member; Barbados. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Qualification The top 12 teams in this event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships qualified for the Olympics. An additional 4 teams will qualify through having the fastest times at approved qualifying events during the qualifying period (1 March 2019 to 30 May 2020). Race r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 28 July 2019. The final was won by the British team in a European record time of three minutes, 28.10 seconds. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held on 28 July at 10:50. Final The final was held on 28 July at 21:38. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 and 22 July 2019. Adam Peaty Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, ... broke the world record with a time of 56.88 in the semi-final, the first man to swim under 57 seconds in this event, and went on to win in the final. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held on 21 July at 11:54. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 21 July at 20:51. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 22 July at 20:02. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 metre breaststroke Men's 100 metre breast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 Metre Breaststroke
The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held on 23 July at 10:00. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 23 July at 20:41. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Swim-off The swim-off was held on 23 July at 22:02. Final The final was held on 24 July at 21:03. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50 metre breaststroke Men's 50 metre breaststroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Aquatics Championships
The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. (Gwangju, Budapest win right to host worlds); posted by Reuters on 19 July 2013. Host selection The host was announced on 19 July 2013 on the biennial General Congress of in , the host-city of the |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held on 23 July at 11:17. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 23 July at 18:21. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 24 July at 17:32. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 metre breaststroke Men's 100 metre breaststroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 Metre Breaststroke
The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held on 25 July at 09:30. Swim-off Semifinals The semifinals were held on 25 July at 18:11. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 26 July at 18:17. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50 metre breaststroke Men's 50 metre breaststroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Aquatics Championships
The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.FINA Announces Dates for 2017 World Championships; Masters Worlds to Follow published by SwimSwam on 17 June 2014. (Kazan (RUS) and Guadalajara (MEX), next organisers ); posted by the Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) on 15 July 2011; retrieved 2011-08-01. Host selection On 15 July 2011, at the biennial General Congress of |
Swimming At The 2015 World Aquatics Championships – 4 × 100 Metre Mixed Medley Relay
The 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the final. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition Results Heats The heats were held at 10:49. Final The final was held at 19:19. Kazan 2015 - Germany wins bronze mixed medley relay.JPG, Team Germany Kazan 2015 - USA wins silver mixed medley relay.JPG, Team USA Kazan 2015 - UK wins gold and set WR at mixed medley relay.JPG, Team UK References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships - 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ... was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held at 11:34. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 2 August at 18:35. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 3 August at 17:32. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 100 metre breaststroke Men's 100 metre breaststroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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