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. He won a bronze medal, as a member of England swimming team, at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...
in Manchester, with a final time of 7:22.56.
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
Rebecca Adlington (born 17 February 1989) is a British former competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle events in international competition. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre ...
.
Faulkner made his official debut at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
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.
At the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Faulkner swam the
400 m freestyle. He finished first ahead of
Graeme Smith
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from the Olympic trials, in a personal best and an A-standard entry time of 3:49.97.
Faulkner challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including former finalists
Grant Hackett
Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to ...
of Australia and
Dragoş Coman of Romania. He came in only 0.24 of a second behind Coman.
See also
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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 program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
50 metre backstroke
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1981 births
Living people
English male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Sportspeople from Nottingham
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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