He started to train full-time at Loughborough University in 2017.
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Peaty started training at the City of Derby swimming club in 2009, where he was coached by Melanie Marshall.
Peaty first joined Dove Valley Swimming Club in Uttoxeter when he was nine, and started to win races and setting club records by the time he was twelve.Peaty started training at the City of Derby swimming club in 2009, where he was coached by In 2015, Peaty's rise continued, breaking the world record for 100 metre breaststroke at the British Championships and World Trials by almost half a second.
He also trained up to eight times per week at Repton School, a co-educational boarding independent school in the village of Repton in Derbyshire, and two sessions at Loughborough University. His time of 57.92 seconds made him the first man to go under 58 seconds for the event.Peaty rounded off his year by winning two silver medals at the At the end of the European Championships, He held the eleven best times in history for the 50 metre breaststroke and the fourteen best times in the 100 metre breaststroke.At the McCullagh International in Northern Ireland in February 2020, Peaty won the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events.