Adrian David Moorhouse MBE was born on 24 May 1964 and is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s.
13 Facts About Adrian Moorhouse
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Adrian Moorhouse won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
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Adrian Moorhouse was voted Best Leader at the Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work for in 2009 and 2007 and has been listed in HR Magazine's Most Influential UK Thinkers since 2010.
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On New Year's Eve 1984, Adrian Moorhouse stayed home alone to reflect and decided to train for a competition in April 1985 as a 'last roll of the dice' to see whether he had what it took to conquer the world.
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Later that year, at the European Championships in Strasbourg, Adrian Moorhouse retained his 100m title in a new European record of 1:02.13, before taking bronze in the 200m breaststroke in a personal best of 2:15.78 for good measure.
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Notably, he broke the record set by Steve Lundquist in the 1984 Olympics, in the lane adjacent to Adrian Moorhouse, adding extra significance to his achievement.
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Adrian Moorhouse's achievements continued the tradition of successful British men's breaststroke swimming that had started with Olympic golds from David Wilkie in 1976 and Duncan Goodhew in 1980.
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Adrian Moorhouse led the field from the start, and easily won his heat in a time of 1:02.48.
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Adrian Moorhouse was able to qualify in a faster time, winning his heat in 1:02.19.
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At this point Davis and Adrian Moorhouse closed in on Volkov.
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Adrian Moorhouse took the gold in 1:02.04, just ahead of Guttler's time of 1:02.05.
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Adrian Moorhouse remained as the world number one until 1991 but at the Barcelona Olympic Games he finished eighth in the final and soon retired from swimming.
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Adrian Moorhouse was chosen as an official Team GB Ambassador for London 2012 Games and was a torchbearer.