Adam Thorp Brown (born 16 January 1989) is an English competition

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who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics and FINA world championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. Brown specialises in the 50-metre and 100-metre

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sprint swimming events. He moved to Australia to the

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to attend The Southport School in 2006, from which he graduated in December 2007. Brown accepted an athletic scholarship to attend

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in Auburn, Alabama, where he swam for coach David Marsh and coach Brett Hawke's

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team in

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(NCAA) and

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(SEC) competition from 2008 to 2011. He married Mary Casey Brown in October 2012 in Cleveland, Alabama, and continues to live and train in Auburn. He has been a part of the British senior national team since 2008 where he represented Great Britain at the

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in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. He also represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. He was a part of the English team at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi, India. He swam for Great Britain at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, China. The following year he got to represent Great Britain at the

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in London. In 2013 he went on to compete at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. At the

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, he was part of the England team that won a gold in the 4 x 100 m medley relay in a new Games record, and bronze in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay.

Results

* 2008-Beijing Olympic Games-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-8th Place * 2009-Rome World Championships-50m Freestyle-40th * 2009-Rome World Championships-100m Freestyle-28th * 2009-Rome World Championships-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-7th * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-50m Freestyle-6th * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-100m Freestyle-8th * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-SILVER MEDAL * 2010-Delhi Commonwealth Games-4 × 100 m Medley Relay (heats only)-BRONZE MEDAL * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-50m Freestyle-13th * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-100m Freestyle-21st * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay-8th * 2011-Shanghai World Championships-4 × 100 m Medley Relay-6th * 2012-London Olympic Games-50m Freestyle-20th * 2012-London Olympic Games-100m Freestyle-20th * 2012-London Olympic Games-4 × 100 m Medley Relay-4th * 2013-Barcelona World Championships-50m Freestyle-17th * 2013-Barcelona World Championships-100m Freestyle-9th * 2013-Barcelona World Championships-4 × 100 m Medley Relay-9th

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British Swimming athlete profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Adam 1989 births Living people Auburn Tigers men's swimmers English male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Cambridge 21st-century English people Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games