Cammile Adams

Cammile Adams
Personal information
Full name Natalie Cammile Adams
Nickname(s) Cam-cam
National team  United States
Born (1991-09-11) September 11, 1991
Houston, Texas
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Aggie Swim Club
SwimMAC Carolina
College team Texas A&M University

Cammile Adams (born September 11, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly events. She represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.

Career

She was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, Texas.

Adams attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where she swam for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2011 to 2014. In four years of swimming for the Aggies, she has won four Big 12 individual championships in the 200-yard butterfly, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard individual medley (twice). At the 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, she finished second in the 200-yard butterfly and was recognized as an All-American. As a senior, Adams won the 200-yard butterfly at the 2014 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Adams made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by winning the 200-meter butterfly.[1][2] Adams also competed in the 400-meter individual medley at the trials, and finished third with a time of 4:38.62.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished fifth in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly.[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on August 10, she finished fourth in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly with a career best time of 2:05.90.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Texas A&M's Cammile Adams earns trip to Olympics," The Bryan–College Station Eagle (July 1, 2012). Retrieved July 5, 2012).
  2. ↑ "A&M's Adams 'Flies' to Victory; Cal Alum Adrian Punches Ticket". Collegeswimming.com. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 400 metre individual medley (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  4. ↑ Results of the final on the BBC Sport website
  • Cammile Adams at FINA
  • Cammile Adams at USA Swimming
  • Cammile Adams at the United States Olympic Committee
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Cammile Adams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  • Cammile Adams – Texas A&M University athlete profile at AggieAthletics.com
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