Meet Adam Wilkie, the marketing manager trying to match father’s swimming world record

The son of David Wilkie (pictured) is bidding to match his world record - (Getty)

For us mere mortals, the accolade of world-record holder is rarely nothing more than a pipe dream. But Adam Wilkie, a humble marketing manager from west , is hedging his bets on his own genetics.

Adam has quit his desk job in a bid to match the world-record time of his father, British Olympic swimming great David Wilkie, who stormed to 200m breaststroke gold at the Montreal Games in 1976.