Welcome to Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson’s profile page. Read on for facts and stats about Michael.
Date of Birth: 5th August 1988
Team/Club: Edinburgh University / Bath ITC
Coach: Dave McNulty
|Long Course 50m Breaststroke||28.94||2010|
|Long Course 100m Breaststroke||59.89||2012||NR|
|Long Course 200m Breaststroke||2:07.43||2012||BR|
|Short Course 50m Breaststroke||29.82||2007|
|Short Course 100m Breaststroke||58.56||2012|
|Short Course 200m Breaststroke||2:03.00||2012||BR|
|Olympic Games||100m Breaststroke||2012||59.89||9th|
|4x100m Medley Relay||3:32.32||4th|
|World Championships||100m Breaststroke||2011||1:00.93||16th|
|Commonwealth Games||100m Breaststroke||2010||1:00.60||4th|
|4x100m Medley Relay||3:40.68||5th|
|European Championships||200m Breaststroke||2012||2:12.58||12th|
|World Short Course Championships||100m Breaststroke||2012||58.56||10th|
|European Short Course Championships||100m Breaststroke||2011||58.91||8th|
|4x50m Medley Relay||1:35.07||5th|
|200m Individual Medley||2:00.19||37th|
|British Championships||100m Breaststroke||2012||1:00.50||BRONZE|
|200m Individual Medley||2009||2:01.48||BRONZE|
|200m Individual Medley||2:03.74||BRONZE|
|400m Individual Medley||4:27.97||6th|
|200m Individual Medley||2:07.61||11th|
|200m Individual Medley||2:11.61||23rd|
|400m Individual Medley||4:39.74||12th|
|400m Individual Medley||4:38.37||18th|
|ASA Championships||100m Freestyle||2008||52.74||23rd|
|200m Individual Medley||2:12.09||23rd|
|400m Individual Medley||4:37.21||6th|
IN THE POOL
Favourite event: 200m Breast. It is the event I am best at.
Finest ever performance: British Champs in March 2010. Was not a great swim but it was my first British title, 200m Breast. It was a PB by a couple of hundredths but I was hoping to go faster.
First senior international meet: Tri Nations Cup in Canada, 2008. Took place at the same time as Olympics.
OUT OF THE POOL
Role models: My dad, who is also called Michael. Anyone who has reached the top in their sport but hasn’t had the easiest route to get there.
If I wasn’t a swimmer I would be: Carried on with football. I chose swimming over football at the age of 13. I was probably better at football to be honest but enjoyed swimming more! It must have been during winter when I decided!!
Aspirations: To be walking behind the blocks in the Olympic final in London. Then we will see what happens. Also, the 2014 Commonwealth Games because the pool in Glasgow is where I trained there for six years so would love to do something there.
Tip for the top: Perseverance and self belief are the most important things.
Life after swimming: I think I would like to go into coaching. Couldn’t imagine a career outside of sport.
Music: House and electro. Quite like some rock and hip hop also.