Adam Peaty 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
Swimmer Born: December 28, 1994 (age 25 years), Uttoxeter, United Kingdom Height: 1.91 m Weight: 86 kg National team: Great Britain; England Stroke: Breaststroke Olympic medals: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men’s 4 × 100 metre medley relay Date of birth 28 December 1994 Height 191 cm Residence Loughborough, ENG Occupation Athlete Languages English Higher education Exercise Science – Derby College: England He began swimming at age four. His mother signed him up for swimming lessons. Club / Team National Centre Loughborough: England Name of coach Melanie Marshall [personal], GBR, from 2009; Bill Furniss [national] Hobbies Walking, spending time with his dog, playing computer games. Hero / Idol British swimmers Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis.
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First competed in the European Junior Championships in 2012. Won four gold medals at the 2014 European Championships (in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and the 4x100m medley and mixed medley relays) and broke two world records. Became the first Briton to win three gold medals at a single World Championships, in 2015. Broke the world record in the 100m breaststroke, becoming the first person to swim under 58 seconds, at the 2015 British National Championships. Repeated his performance at the 2016 European Championships, once again taking home four gold medals. Won gold in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, breaking his own world record in the process; later won a silver medal as part of the 4x100m medley relay. Named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s New Year Honours List in 2017. While Peaty was training at Loughborough University, he met his girlfriend Eirian Edd Munro, a fine arts student at the University. In April 2020, he announced on his personal Instagram account that they are expecting a baby, after a tabloid newspaper attempted to take the announcement from his own control. Peaty later announced the sex of their child to be a boy, due in September 2020. Adam George Peaty, MBE is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years. He is the current holder of the world record in 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events. Peaty is the 2016 Olympic Champion, an eight-time World Champion, a twelve-time European Champion and a three-time Commonwealth Champion.
