David O'Brien (born 28 January 1983) is a retired British swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2004), a resident athlete of
Team GB, and a member of Stirling Swimming Club, under head coach Chris Martin.
O'Brien qualified for the
men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the British team, at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens. He finished sixth in the 200 m freestyle from the Olympic trials in
Sheffield, posting a relay entry time of 1:51.12. Teaming with
Simon Burnett,
Gavin Meadows
Gavin Meadows (born 8 September 1977 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.
Swimming career
Meadows competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. A member of the City of ...
, and
Ross Davenport in the final, O'Brien swam a third leg and recorded a split of 1:49.05. He and the rest of the Brits missed the podium by 0.77 seconds behind the Italians, led by
Massimiliano Rosolino, finishing fourth in a new national record of 7:12.60.
References
External links
Profile – British Amateur Swimming Federation
1983 births
Living people
English male freestyle swimmers
English people of Irish descent
Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Prescot
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
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