Friday, January 13, 2012

Adam Pine Australian Swimmer

Adam Pine (born 28 February 1976 in Lismore, New South Wales) is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Adam is married to Sasha Pine and is the father of 3 children, Maximillian, Buster and Xander.
Pine competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. That year he swam in the heats for the gold (4x100 m freestyle) and silver (4x100 m medley) medal winning relay teams from the home country. He also completed in the 2004 Summer Olympics which was held in Athens. 
 
He swam in the 100m butterfly and was a member of the Australian 4x100m medley relay team, however this relay team failed to reach the finals. Pine recited the Athletes Oath at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, this was an appropriate gesture as he has won medals for Australia in the 3 Commonwealth Games leading up to the Melbourne games.
At the age of 31 he showed great form again and managed to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the 100m buttefly (52.13). At the 2009 Rome World Championship trials (aka.Australian Long Course swimming trials) Pine swam in the finals finishing 2nd in the 100 butterfly. 
 
This swim was under the A qualifying time for the world championships and earned himself a spot on the Australian World Championship Team Pine trains at CISAC in Bruce, ACT registered with the Ginninderra Marlins Swim Club. His coach is Jaan Murphy and trains 2-3 sessions a week.

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