Richard Maden

Jonathan Richard Maden (born 21 September 1972) is a male English former competitive swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events.

Richard Maden
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Richard Maden
National team Great Britain
Born (1972-09-21) 21 September 1972
Littleborough, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubRochdale Aquabears
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
World Championships (SC)
1997 Gothenburg 4×100 m medley
European Championships (SC)
1996 Riesa 4×50 m medley
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur medley relay

Swimming career

He represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he finished ninth in the men's 100-metre breaststroke in a time of 1:02.51.[1]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3][4]

In 1997 at the ASA National British Championships he won all three National breaststroke titles over 50 metres breaststroke, [5] 100 metres breaststroke [6] and the 200 metres breaststroke.[7]

Affiliated with swimming club Rochdale Aquabears, Maden won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships, alongside Martin Harris (backstroke), James Hickman (butterfly) and Mark Foster (freestyle).

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See also

References
  1. "Profile". Sports reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1997, p. 42". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1997, p. 47". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
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