Education
University of Edinburgh. University of Bath.
University of Edinburgh. University of Bath.
His father, also named Michael, was a professional football player who played for Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic and Stenhousemuir in the 1980s. Jamieson also played football, but decided to focus on swimming when he was thirteen years old. He is a Celtic supporter.
He currently resides and studies in Bath, England.
He broke the British record three times in the process, twice in the qualifying heats and once in the final (2:0743), and coming to within 0.12 seconds of the previous World Record set by Christian Sprenger on 30 July 2009 (2:0731). He had previously competed in the men"s 100-metre breaststroke, finishing in 3rd place in the second semifinal, but failed to reach the final.
Jamieson won the silver medal in the men"s 200-metre breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Competing for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal to his arch-rival Dániel Gyurta in the 200-metre breaststroke. Only a new world record by two-time world 200m breaststroke champion Dániel Gyurta denied Jamieson the gold.
