Michael Jamieson
Sport/Event >
Swimming, 100m breaststroke & 200m breaststroke
Date and Place of Birth >
5 August 1988, Glasgow
Height > 186cm
Weight > 76.5kg
Coached by >
David McNulty
Clubs >
University of Bath ITC
University of Edinburgh
Occupation > Student
Biography >
Michael won his first British Championships title in 2010, taking gold in the 200m breaststroke – his favourite event.
He followed that up with an impressive silver medal in the 200m breaststroke swimming for Scotland at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, finsihing just 0.08 seconds behind Australia’s Brenton Rickard.
Michael continued his strong form in 2011, this time completing a 100m and 200m breaststroke double at the British Championships and reaching the 200m breastroke final at the World Championships, where he finished fifth.
He was beaten into second place in the 200m breaststroke final at the 2012 British Championships by Bath ITC training partner Andrew Willis. But his time of 2:09.84 at the event, the first of the Olympic trials for British swimmers, was good enough to see him achieve the London 2012 Olympic qualifying standard.
His goals are to reach a final at the London 2012 Olympic Games and then do well at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games – the swimming takes place in the pool in which he trained for six years.
He combines training at the British Swimming Intensive Training Centre Bath with studying Sports Performance at the University of Bath. Micahel receives an Intensive Training Centre Swimming Scholarship.
Headline Result >
Silver – 200m breaststroke – Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India – October 2010
British Swimming Athlete Profile >
Olympic & Paralympics
See our dedicated Olympic and Paralympic web pages on the Team Bath website.
