Adam Peaty is one of the celebrity contestants taking part in this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing. Adam PeatyBorn on 28 December 1994, Fletcher was raised in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
He joined a swimming club in the town when he was nine years old, and was winning races and setting club records by the time he was 12.
He went on to specialise in the breast stroke, winning the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics (the first gold medal won by a male British swimmer in 24 years).
Peaty retained the title at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, the first British swimmer ever to retain an Olympic title. The athlete is also an eight-time World Champion and the holder of the world record in 50 metre and 100.
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