Adrian Turner
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Adrian Turner is an actor and former British Olympic swimmer, known also for winning silver and bronze medals representing England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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In 2010 he joined the cast of BBC drama The Cut
in a recurring role as Coach Reynolds. In the same year he was cast in the lead role in Nice Shirt Films' international Vicks Sinex ad-campaign. In 2011 he will play Championship footballer Danny Deans in Big Balls Films/WeRInteractive's video-game 'I Am Playr
'.
Turner represented Great Britain on numerous occasions during his swimming career principally the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where he swam both individual medley events and reached the semi-final stage of the 200m
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Two years earlier at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
in Manchester, he represented England in the 200m individual medley finishing in silver medal position in a time of 2:02.10 and the 400m individual medley finishing with bronze in 4:18.75.
After retiring from swimming following the 2004 Athens Olympic Games he attended the Universita` per Stranieri di Perugia in Italy, where he studied a post-graduate course in the history of Italian theatre from 2004-2005. Following this he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, completing a Masters in Text and Performance from 2005-2006. He has appeared in various film, TV and theatre roles since 2006.
He is the brother of TV presenter Beverley Turner and brother-in-law of Olympic rower James Cracknell
. He remains a director of Total Swimming Ltd.
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
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In 2010 he joined the cast of BBC drama The Cut
The Cut (BBC series)
The Cut is a BBC television soap opera for teenagers, first broadcast in September 2009. The series was developed by BBC Switch and Holby City writer, Al Smith in collaboration with KateModern producer Pete Gibbons and Hollyoaks director, Sarah Walker...
in a recurring role as Coach Reynolds. In the same year he was cast in the lead role in Nice Shirt Films' international Vicks Sinex ad-campaign. In 2011 he will play Championship footballer Danny Deans in Big Balls Films/WeRInteractive's video-game 'I Am Playr
I Am Playr
I Am Playr is a first person association football video game with social network elements. It is available on the social–networking website Facebook...
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Turner represented Great Britain on numerous occasions during his swimming career principally the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where he swam both individual medley events and reached the semi-final stage of the 200m
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre individual medley
The final of the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens, Greece.-Records:-Heat 1:# Jorge Oliver, Puerto Rico 2:08.84# Georgios Dimitriadis, Cyprus 2:12.27...
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Two years earlier at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in Manchester, he represented England in the 200m individual medley finishing in silver medal position in a time of 2:02.10 and the 400m individual medley finishing with bronze in 4:18.75.
After retiring from swimming following the 2004 Athens Olympic Games he attended the Universita` per Stranieri di Perugia in Italy, where he studied a post-graduate course in the history of Italian theatre from 2004-2005. Following this he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, completing a Masters in Text and Performance from 2005-2006. He has appeared in various film, TV and theatre roles since 2006.
He is the brother of TV presenter Beverley Turner and brother-in-law of Olympic rower James Cracknell
James Cracknell
James Cracknell, OBE is a British rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist and adventurer. Cracknell is married to TV and radio presenter Beverley Turner; they have three children. In the New Year Honours List, 2004, he was appointed OBE for services to sport...
. He remains a director of Total Swimming Ltd.