Adam Potter

Athletics: Potter joins Gardener at Worlds
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TeamBath athlete Adam Potter joins Jason Gardener in the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the forthcoming World Indoor Championships.
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"I,m really excited, it will be a good experience for me," said Potter, who hadn,t originally planned to compete indoors this season."It,s a great start to the year for me."

Potter graduated from the University of Bath last year with a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development, after previously completing an HND in Coach Education and Sports Performance.

He arrived at the University of Bath as a long jumper and switched to the 400m after showing a real aptitude for the event running in the University relay squad.He has been called up by GB twice already this season and won the 400m B race at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham at the weekend.

Since switching to 400m he has won a European under,23 gold in the 4x400m relay in 2001 and took a bronze medal in the British Universities 4x400m team at the World University Games in South Korea last year.

Potter is a member of the City of Bath Athletics Club, as well as of Woodford Green & Essex Ladies.He has recently started work as a mathematics teaching assistant at a school in Bournemouth, and he still returns to Bath to train at the University.

Representing the South West in an international match in Antwerp, City of Bath's Adam Potter won the 400m in 48.37secs and was third in the 200m (22.1secs).