fullname club birth_place weight nationality height birth_date article_title strokes
andrew patrick bree ards/tennessee helen , uk 's bay , county down , northern ireland 95 kg lb on / 6 7 16 march 1981 andrew bree
 breaststroke
andrew bree

andrew patrick bree -lrb- born 16 march 1981 -rrb- is a breaststroke swimmer from helen 's bay , county down , northern ireland , uk .
he is a 2-time olympian , having swum at the 2000 and 2008 olympics.he represented northern ireland four times at the commonwealths and placed fifth twice in the 200m breaststroke .
he became the first irish person to win a medal at the european short course swimming championships when he finished second in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2003 championships at the national aquatic centre in dublin , ireland .
his home club is ards , but as of 2008 he trains in the united states at the university of tennessee .
after swimming at the 2000 olympics in sydney ; he failed to qualify for the 2004 summer olympics in athens .
however , he qualified for the 2006 commonwealth games in melbourne , australia , where he equaled the 200 m lc breaststroke record and placed fifth .
in the months leading up to the 2008 olympics he tested positive at a drug test .
bree claimed that he had used a nasal spray and did not know it contained banned substances .
the results of the drug test were later overturned and he was allowed swim at the beijing olympics .
