Adam Faulkner (swimmer) explained

Adam Faulkner
Fullname:Adam Paul Faulkner
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Nova Centurion
Coach:Bill Furniss
Birth Date:26 November 1981
Birth Place:Nottingham, England
Height:1.86 m
Weight:76 kg

Adam Paul Faulkner (born 26 November 1981) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. Faulkner specialised in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He won a bronze medal, as a member of England swimming team, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, with a final time of 7:22.56.[2]

Faulkner is a member of Nova Centurion Swimming Club in his home city of Nottingham under his coach Bill Furniss, who also trains with Rebecca Adlington.[3]

Faulkner made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 1500 m freestyle. Swimming in heat five, he rounded out the field to last place and twenty-ninth overall on the morning prelims with a time of 15:39.86.[4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Faulkner swam the 400 m freestyle. He finished first ahead of Graeme Smith from the Olympic trials, in a personal best and an A-standard entry time of 3:49.97.[5] [6] [7] Faulkner challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including former finalists Grant Hackett of Australia and Dragoş Coman of Romania. He came in only 0.24 of a second behind Coman.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Adam Faulkner. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/adam-faulkner-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 27 March 2013.
  2. News: England Celebrates Its Greatest Day Ever in International Competition, Wins 4 Gold on Day 3 of Commonwealth Games . . 1 August 2002 . 27 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054814/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4022.asp . 3 December 2013 .
  3. News: Lord . Craig . 36 Named to British Olympic Team . Swimming World Magazine . 12 April 2004 . 27 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055141/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7138.asp . 3 December 2013 .
  4. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 5 . . LA84 Foundation . 147 . 26 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  5. News: Lonsbrough. Anita. Swimming: Faulkner on his way to Athens. The Daily Telegraph. 8 April 2004. 27 March 2013.
  6. News: British Olympic Trials, Day 1: Faulkner, Smith Go 1-2 in Men's 400m Free; Three British Records Fall . Swimming World Magazine . 7 April 2004 . 27 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203061538/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7125.asp . 3 December 2013 .
  7. Web site: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 27 March 2013.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Adam Faulkner (swimmer)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.