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British Swimming Championships - 100 Metres Breaststroke Winners
The British Swimming Championships - 100 metres breaststroke winners formerly the ( Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Championships) are listed below. The event was originally contested over 110 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 100 metres in 1971. Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Since t ... equalled the world record of 1.01.49 sec in the 1990 men's final. 100 metres breaststroke champions See also * British Swimming * List of British Swimming Championships champions References {{Reflist Swimming in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swim England
Swim England is the national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and synchronised swimming in England. It forms part of British Swimming, a federation of the national governing bodies of England, Scotland ( Scottish Amateur Swimming Association), and Wales ( Welsh Amateur Swimming Association). These three are collectively known as the ''Home Country National Governing Bodies''. History The first governing body for swimming to ever be established in the world, it was previously known as the 'Amateur Swimming Association' and established in 1869, with headquarters at Harold Fern House in Loughborough. It was registered as a company on 18 May 1982. It moved in April 2010, along with British Swimming, to SportPark at Loughborough University, close to the A512 and junction 23 of the M1. The ASA underwent a rebranding exercise in 2008 including a new logo and name of ''the asa''. After negative reaction the logo was retained but the organisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Burnham
Helen Blanche May Burnham (born 10 May 1956) is a British former swimmer. Burnham competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title and the 200 metres breaststroke title in 1975. References External links * 1956 births Living people British female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Bromley Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bromley Swimmers from London 20th-century British women {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndsey Rodgers
Lindsay or Lindsey () is an English surname and given name. The given name comes from the Scottish surname and clan name, which comes from the toponym Lindsey, which in turn comes from the Old English toponym ''Lindesege'' ("Island of Lind") for the city of Lincoln, in which ''Lind'' is the original Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and ''island'' refers to Lincoln being an island in the surrounding fenland.The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names, p. 136A Dictionary of First Names by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges '''' was the Roman name of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Gillingham
Nicholas Gillingham, (born 22 January 1967) is an English former competitive swimmer, active in the 1980's and 1990's. Born in Walsall, he represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA World championships and European championships, as well as representing England in the Commonwealth Games. Medalling in two Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992, he was a World (short course), European and Commonwealth champion in his specialist event, the 200 metres breaststroke. His career broadly overlapped with fellow British breaststroker and Olympic 100 metre breaststroke champion, Adrian Moorhouse. Swimming career Olympic Games Gillingham participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke in a Commonwealth record of 2:14.12, followed by a bronze medal in the same event four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in another Commonwealth record of 2:11.29. Although bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Coombes
Lorraine Coombes (born 1960), is a female former swimmer who competed for Great Britain and England. She is married to Paul Coombes, who also swims. Swimming career Coombes became the double National champion in 1991 when she won the ASA National British Championship 50 metres breaststroke and 100 metres breaststroke titles. She also won the 1994 50 metres title. She represented England in the 100 metres and 200 metres breaststroke events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. She swam for Reading and competed for Great Britain in the 1989 and 1991 European Championship and the 1989 World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, .... References 1960 births English female swimmers Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Hooiveld
Lara Maree Hooiveld (born 6 July 1971) is an Australian former swimmer. Hooiveld competed in three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... Despite being of Australian nationality she won the ASA National British Championships over 100 metres breaststroke in 1990. References External links * 1971 births Living people Australian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Michigan Wolverines women's swimmers Australian expatriate swimmers in the United States Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian women 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Parrack
James Guy Parrack (born 10 March 1967, Cheltenham, England) is a male English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer. Swimming career As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul. He represented England a silver medal in the 100 metres breaststroke, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Four years later he represented England again at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metres breaststroke event. He was also four times ASA British national champion in the 100 metres breaststroke (1988, 1994, 1995) and 50 metres breaststroke (1995). Journalism Parrack currently commentates on swimming for the Eurosport television channel with Drew Gordon. He has also written for ''The Independent'' newspaper and various swimming magazines. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Bowman
Sandra Bowman (born 10 April 1967) is a British swimmer. Swimming career Bowman competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She represented England in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ..., Australia. She also won the 1984 and 1985 ASA National Championship title in the 100 metres breaststroke. Personal life Her sister Janet Bowman (married name Williams) was also an international swimmer. References External links * 1967 births Living people British female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Darlington Commonwealth Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Ali
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name. The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ''The Fortunes of Nigel'' in 1822, and Arthur Conan Doyle published ''Sir Nigel'' in 1905–06. As a name given for boys in England and Wales, it peaked in popularity from the 1950s to the 1970s (see below). ''Nigel'' has never been as common in other countries as it is in Britain, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it was the 478th most common boys' name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys' names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher. Etymology The name is derived from the church Latin '. This Latin word would at first sight seem to derive from the classical L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Burt
Lorraine Burt (born 1961) is an English former swimmer. Swimming career Burt became National champion in 1983 when she won the 1983 ASA National Championship title in the 100 metres breaststroke. She represented England in the 100 metres breaststroke event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... She swam for Reading Swimming Club. References 1961 births English female swimmers Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England 20th-century English women Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Seymour
Joanne Seymour (born 1965) is a former swimmer who competed for England. Early life She came from Quinton, Birmingham. Career Seymour became national champion in 1982 when she won the 1982 ASA National Championship title in the 100 metres breaststroke. Seymour represented England in the 100 metres breaststroke and 200 metres individual medley events, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References 1966 births Commonwealth Games competitors for England English female swimmers Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Living people {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suki Brownsdon
Susannah Claire "Suki" Brownsdon (born 16 October 1965) is an English former competitive swimmer who won a silver medal in the women's 100-metre breaststroke at the 1981 European Championships, and represented Great Britain at four consecutive Olympic Games, with her best results being sixth place in the 100-metre breaststroke final in 1980 and seventh place in the 200-metre breaststroke final in 1984. She also represented England at three Commonwealth Games, winning a total of five medals. Early life Brownsdon attended Millfield School from 1982 to 1984. Career Brownsdon's first Olympic experience was as a 14-year-old at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where she finished sixth in the 100-metre breastroke final. At the 1981 European Championships, she won a silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke. Representing England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, she won a bronze medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and a silver medal in the medley relay, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
