Adam Ruckwood (born 13 September 1974) is a male English former competitive swimmer and

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specialist.

Swimming career

Ruckwood represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (

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, Spain). At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres backstroke title three times (1998, 2000, 2001) and the 200 metres backstroke title seven times (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000). Ruckwood also competed in three

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; he represented

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where he won a gold and silver medals in the backstroke events, at the

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, Canada. Four years later he represented

again, at the

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and in 2002 he competed in his third Games.

Coaching career

He was formerly head coach at City of Birmingham Swimming Club, then moved to city of Coventry swimming club as head coach.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruckwood, Adam 1974 births Living people English male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Swimming career

Coaching career

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