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Adam Peaty

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Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint breaststroke events. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, and retained the title at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, the first British swimmer ever to retain an Olympic title. He is also an eight-time World Champion, a sixteen-time European Champion and a four-time Commonwealth Champion. Between the years 2014 and 2020, Peaty achieved complete dominance in the 100 metre breaststroke in long-course major championships, and almost complete dominance of the 50 metre breaststroke, with only Cameron van der Burgh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Adam Peaty is the 429th most popular swimmer (down from 337th in 2024), the 7,667th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,148th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Adam Peaty ranks 429 out of 709. Before him are Poliana Okimoto, Rafał Szukała, Jeff Rouse, Chad le Clos, Luca Marin, and Jiao Liuyang. After him are Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Giorgio Lamberti, Amy Van Dyken, Zhang Lin, Filippo Magnini, and Sharon van Rouwendaal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Adam Peaty ranks 520. Before him are Gor Minasyan, Wallace, Nigel Hayes-Davis, Patimat Abakarova, Lauv, and Wallace Oliveira. After him are Thomas Foket, Krisztián Tóth, Jüri Pootsmann, Phil Bauhaus, Misael Rodríguez, and Dominik Koepfer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Peaty ranks 7,669 out of 8,785. Before him are Alex Clare (1985), Patrick Wolf (1983), James Dreyfus (1968), Naomi Alderman (1974), Lady Davina Windsor (1977), and Matt Langridge (1983). After him are Peter Frankopan (1971), Chuku Modu (1990), James Bay (1990), Katie Boulter (1996), Kit Connor (2004), and Emma Hayes (1976).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Adam Peaty ranks 18. Before him are Hilda James (1904), Judy Grinham (1939), Anita Lonsbrough (1941), Ben Proud (1994), Tom Dean (2000), and Paul Palmer (1974). After him are Neil Brooks (1962), Spyridon Gianniotis (1980), Duncan Goodhew (1957), Adrian Moorhouse (1964), David Davies (1985), and Mark Foster (1970).

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