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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