Adam Robert Pine (born 28 February 1976) is a retired Australian

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swimmer. He was an

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scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
. ausport.gov.au Pine competed for Australia in the

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2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In 2000, he swam in the heats for the gold (4×100-metre freestyle relay) and silver (4×100-metre medley relay) medal winning relay teams. In 2004, he swam in the 100-metre butterfly and was a member of the Australian 4×100-metre medley relay team, however this relay team failed to reach the finals. Pine recited the Athletes Oath at the

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, this was an appropriate gesture as he has won medals for Australia in the three Commonwealth Games leading up to the Melbourne games. At the age of 31 he qualified for the

in the 100-metre butterfly (52.13). At the 2009 Rome World Championship trials (Australian Long Course swimming trials) Pine swam in the finals finishing 2nd in the 100-metre butterfly. This swim was under the A qualifying time for the world championships and earned himself a spot on the Australian World Championship Team. Pine trained at CISAC in Bruce, ACT registered with the Ginninderra Marlins Swim Club. His coach was Cameron Gledhill. Adam is married to Sasha Pine, the daughter of Olympic swimmers Diana Rickard and Roger van Hamburg. Adam and Sasha both attended the

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in the United States on scholarships. They have four children: Max, Buster, Xander and Knox. After retirement from competition, Adam became General Manager of Community Sports at

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.A Family Portrait with Adam Pine
facebook.com Following that position, Pine became the administrative head of the Paralympic Swimming Program for

he has held this position since 2013. He was appointed Team Leader for the Australian Swim Team at the

2016 Rio Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pine, Adam 1976 births Living people Australian male butterfly swimmers People from Lismore, New South Wales Sportsmen from New South Wales Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Australian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nebraska Cornhuskers men's swimmers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic gold medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Universiade gold medalists for Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games

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