Adrian David Moorhouse MBE, he was born 24 May 1964.
Adrian Moorhouse is a British formerswimmer who
dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won
the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics.
Since then Moorhouse, is a former pupil of Bradford
Grammar School, has translated his sporting success
to a successful career in the business world, as
Managing Director of Lane 4, a consultancy
helping individuals and teams around the world. He is also is a swimming commentator for BBC television.
Moorhouse's inspiration to become seriously involved
in national and international competitive swimming
came at the age of 12 when he watched David Wilki
win gold at the Montreal Olympics. In 1980 he was
selected for the England Junior team and broke
the national junior records for both the 100 m
and 200 m breaststroke. When he was 15, he was
chosen for the national senior squad, number two
to the gold medallist at the Moscow Olympics.
He became Britain’s number one breaststroke
swimmer in 1981 when he won a bronze
medal for the 200 m in the European Championships
in Yugoslavia. The following year he gained his first
taste of gold after winning the 100 m breaststroke
at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.At the Los
Angeles Olympics in 1984, Moorhouse was tipped for
a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke but missed
out completely, coming fourth. “I was devastated”,
he says.Adrian Moorhouse was devastated because he
didn't come first
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