Michael Jamieson (born 5 August 1988) is a Scottish former competitive
swimmer
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who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. Jamieson won the silver medal in the
men's 200-metre breaststroke at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. He now is the Head Coach for the Swimming Club, Natare West London.
Personal life
His father, also named Michael, was a professional
footballer who played for
Albion Rovers,
Alloa Athletic and
Stenhousemuir
Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...
in the 1980s. Jamieson also played football, but decided to focus on swimming when he was thirteen years old.
He currently resides and studies in Bath, England.
Swimming career
Competing for
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal behind his arch-rival
Dániel Gyurta in the
200-metre breaststroke. He broke the British record three times in the process, twice in the qualifying heats and once in the final (2:07.43), and came to within 0.12 seconds of the previous world record set by Christian Sprenger in 2009 (2:07.31). Only a new world record by two-time world 200 m breaststroke champion
Dániel Gyurta denied Jamieson the gold.
He previously competed in the
men's 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 3rd place in the second semifinal, but failed to reach the final.
At the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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, he won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke behind
Ross Murdoch.
He retired from competitive swimming in 2016 and began working as a swimming coach.
Honours
Jamieson was inducted into the
Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
1988 births
Living people
Swimmers from Glasgow
Scottish male swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Male breaststroke swimmers
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Alumni of the University of Bath
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Team Bath swimmers
Scottish Olympic medallists
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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