Adam Ruckwood
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Birmingham, West Midlands | 13 September 1974||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | City of Birmingham Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Ruckwood (born 13 September 1974) is a male English former competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist.
Swimming career
Ruckwood represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain). At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres backstroke title three times (1998, 2000, 2001) and the 200 metres backstroke title seven times (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Ruckwood also competed in three Commonwealth Games; he represented England where he won a gold and silver medals in the backstroke events, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[8] Four years later he represented England again, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and [9] in 2002 he competed in his third Games.[10]
Coaching career
He was formerly head coach at City of Birmingham Swimming Club, then moved to city of Coventry swimming club as head coach.
See also
References
- ^ ""For the record." Times, 28 July 2000, p. 37". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 12 June 1993, p. 39". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Lord, Craig. "Parry quick to mature." Times, 30 July 1994, p. 32". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1995, p. 39". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1997, p. 47". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 11 July 1998, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 10 July 1999, p. 36". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
- Adam Ruckwood at Olympics.com
- Adam Ruckwood at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Adam Ruckwood at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1974 births
- Living people
- English male swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming