Adam Pine
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]
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
References
- ^ a b AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. ausport.gov.au
- ^ Adam Pine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Adam PINE. les-sports.info
- ^ A Family Portrait with Adam Pine. facebook.com
- ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
External links
- Adam Pine on Twitter
- Adam Pine at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Adam Pine at Olympics.com
- Adam Pine at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1976 births
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- Australian male butterfly swimmers
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- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
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- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Australian Institute of Sport swimmers
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- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
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- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
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- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Universiade gold medalists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games