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Adam Robert Pine OAM (born 28 February 1976) is a retired Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]

Adam Pine

Personal information
Full name	Adam Robert Pine
National team	Australia
Born	(1976-02-28) 28 February 1976 (age 46) Lismore, New South Wales
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Yeronga Park Ginninderra Marlins
College team	University of Nebraska
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2008 Manchester 50 m butterfly 2002 Moscow 50 m butterfly 2002 Moscow 100 m butterfly 2002 Moscow 4×100 m medley 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 1995 Atlanta 100 m butterfly Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2002 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle (heat) 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m butterfly 1994 Victoria 100 m butterfly 2002 Manchester 100 m butterfly Summer Universiade 1999 Mallorca 100 m butterfly 1999 Mallorca 4×100 m freestyle

Pine competed for Australia in the 2000, and 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2000, he swam in the heats for the gold (4×100-metre freestyle relay) and silver (4×100-metre medley relay) medal winning relay teams. In 2004, he swam in the 100-metre butterfly and was a member of the Australian 4×100-metre medley relay team, however this relay team failed to reach the finals.[2]

Pine recited the Athletes Oath at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, this was an appropriate gesture as he has won medals for Australia in the three Commonwealth Games leading up to the Melbourne games.

At the age of 31 he qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100-metre butterfly (52.13). At the 2009 Rome World Championship trials (Australian Long Course swimming trials) Pine swam in the finals finishing 2nd in the 100-metre butterfly. This swim was under the A qualifying time for the world championships and earned himself a spot on the Australian World Championship Team.[3]

Pine trained at CISAC in Bruce, ACT registered with the Ginninderra Marlins Swim Club. His coach was Cameron Gledhill. Adam is married to Sasha Pine, the daughter of Olympic swimmers Diana Rickard and Roger van Hamburg.[1] Adam and Sasha both attended the University of Nebraska in the United States on scholarships. They have four children: Max, Buster, Xander and Knox.

After retirement from competition, Adam became General Manager of Community Sports at Swimming Australia.[4] Following that position, Pine became the administrative head of the Paralympic Swimming Program for Swimming Australia he has held this position since 2013. He was appointed Team Leader for the Australian Swim Team at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[5]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

External links

• Adam Pine on Twitter
• Adam Pine at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Adam Pine at the International Olympic Committee
• Adam Pine at the Commonwealth Games Federation

На других языках

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- [en] Adam Pine

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[fr] Adam Pine

Adam Pine (né le 28 février 1976 à Lismore) est un nageur australien, spécialiste des épreuves de papillon. Il est médaillé d'or au relais 4 x 100 m nage libre et d'argent au 4 x 100 m quatre nages aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2000 et médaillé d'argent 4 x 100 m quatre nages Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008 à chaque fois en participant aux séries uniquement. En 2008, il remporte le titre au 50 m papillon et la médaille d'argent sur le 200 m papillon aux Championnats du monde en petit bassin.

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[it] Adam Pine

Adam Pine (Lismore, 28 aprile 1976) è un ex nuotatore australiano.

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