Michael Jamieson
Michael Jamieson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on August 5th, 1988 and is the Swimmer. At the age of 35, Michael Jamieson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Michael Jamieson (born 5 August 1988) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.
Jamieson won the silver medal in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
His father, also named Michael, was a professional footballer who played for Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic and Stenhousemuir in the 1980s. Jamieson also played football, but decided to focus on swimming when he was thirteen years old.
He currently resides and studies in Bath, England.
Swimming career
He won silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke for the United Kingdom at the 2012 Summer Olympics, defeating his arch-rival Dániel Gyurta. He broke the British record three times during his lifetime, twice in qualifying heats and once in the final (2:07.43), bringing closer to within 0.12 seconds of the previous world record set by Christian Sprenger in 2009 (2:07.31). Only a new world record by two-time world 200 m breaststroke champion Dániel Gyurta denied Jamieson the gold.
He competed in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, finishing in third place in the second semifinal but not to make it to the final.
He earned a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, behind Ross Murdoch.
In 2016, he retired from competitive swimming and began working as a swimming coach.