Adam Brown

Adam Thorp Brown (born 16 January 1989) is an English competition swimmer 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 freestyle sprint swimming events.

He moved to Australia to the Gold Coast, Queensland to attend The Southport School in 2006, from which he graduated in December 2007. Brown accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, where he swam for coach Brett Hawke's Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 2008 to 2011.

He has been a part of the British senior national team since 2008 where he represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 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 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2013 he went on to compete at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, 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

Best Times

Event Time (LCM) Time (SCM) Time (SCY) 50 Freestyle 21.92 21.37 18.72 100 Freestyle 48.48 46.75 41.75 50 Butterfly 23.96 25.33 - 100 Butterfly 54.94 53.33 46.17