Michael Williamson (swimmer)

Michael Williamson
Personal information
Full name Michael Williamson
National team  Ireland
Born (1981-02-05) 5 February 1981
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Ireland
Universiade
2003 Daegu 200 m breaststroke

Michael Williamson (born February 5, 1981) is an Irish former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea with a time of 2:15.52.[2][3]

Williamson qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:14.18 from the British Olympic trials in Sheffield.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including top medal favorites Brendan Hansen of the United States and Dániel Gyurta of Hungary. He raced to sixth place by more than a second behind Gyurta's teammate Richárd Bodor, outside his entry time of 2:15.75. Williamson failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-second overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]

Three months after the Games, Williamson announced his retirement from swimming, following a controversy which questioned and rattled his Olympic bid.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Williamson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Williamson wins bronze at World University Games". RTÉ. 24 August 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Jeffrey, Josh (24 August 2003). "China Wins Two, Four Games Records Fall on Day One of World University Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Williamson books place in the Olympics". RTÉ. 8 April 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men's 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Olympic swimmer Williamson quits". BBC Sport. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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