Michael Jamieson

Michael Jamieson
Personal information
Full name Michael Jamieson
National team  Great Britain
Born (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988
Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club National Performance Centre
College team University of Bath

Michael Jamieson (born 5 August 1988) is a Scottish competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, since 2010. Jamieson won the silver medal in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Personal life

His father, also named Michael, was a professional footballer who played for Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic and Stenhousemuir in the 1980s.[2][3] Jamieson also played football, but decided to focus on swimming when he was thirteen years old.[2] He is a Celtic supporter.[2]

He currently resides and studies in Bath, England.[4]

Swimming career

Competing for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal to his arch-rival Dániel Gyurta in the 200-metre breaststroke. He broke the British record three times in the process, twice in the qualifying heats and once in the final (2:07.43),[5][6] and coming to within 0.12 seconds of the previous World Record set by Christian Sprenger on 30 July 2009 (2:07.31). Only a new world record by two-time world 200m breaststroke champion Dániel Gyurta denied Jamieson the gold.

He had previously competed in the men's 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 3rd place in the second semifinal, but failed to reach the final.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Jamieson". British Swimming. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Law, Gareth (25 July 2012). GersNOT-Olympic-rings.html "I dreamed of Glasgow Celtic NOT Olympic rings" Check |url= value (help). The Scottish Sun (News International). Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "MIKE JAMIESON". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.teambath.com/2012/07/31/jamieson-and-willis-impress-en-route-to-semis/
  5. ↑ "Olympics swimming: Michael Jamieson & Andrew Willis in final". BBC Sport (BBC). 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Fordyce, Tom (1 August 2012). "Jamieson wins silver for Britain in 200m breaststroke". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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