Adam Basil
Adam Basil ( born April 14, 1975 in Melbourne ) is a former Australian sprinter.
The greatest success of his career, he celebrated by winning the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the IAAF World Championships in 2001 in Edmonton. The Australian quartet Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Steve Brimacombe and Adam Basil had indeed reached with a time of 38.83 s the only goal in fourth place. But by the subsequent disqualification of the U.S. season because of a doping offense their runner Tim Montgomery, the Australians moved up in the rankings by one place.
After he had retired at the World Athletics Championships in Paris in 2003 already in the semi-final round, he finished sixth in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Adam Basil had a competition weight of 76 kg at a height of 1.76 m.