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Michael Bohl
Michael Bohl is an Australian swimming coach, working for the Australian Swim Team and Griffith University. Bohl is the coach of swimmer Emma McKeon, who represented Australia in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics, and former coach of triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice. Bohl has been the coach of Australian swimmers who have been on the podium at every summer Olympics between the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Bohl received the Australian Sports Medal in 2000, recognising him as a "Long Serving ASI Committee Member". He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2010 Australian Day Honours for "service to swimming as a competitor and coach". At the 2015 Australian Institute of Sport Awards Bohl was named Coach of the Year. In 2020, Bohl started co-coaching Australian competitive swimmer and multiple-time world junior champion Lani Pallister with Janelle Pallister.Hanson, Ian (13 December 2020)"Lani Pallister Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Swim Team
The Australian Swim Team known as ''The Dolphins'', has performed successfully at major international championships. The Australian Swim Team was first referred to as The Dolphins in 1989. Australian Swim Team's historical rival is the United States Swimming Team. In 2015, there were thirty six Australian swimmers inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. These swimmers include: Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Murray Rose and Shane Gould. Since 1990, Swimming Australia has an annual award for the Australian Swimmer of the Year. Olympic Games ''Notes'' - Open water included from 2008. FINA Long Course World Championships Pool Results Open Water Results FINA Short Course World Championships Commonwealth Games Pan Pacific Championships ''Notes'' - includes Open water since 2006. FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Australia did not send a team to the 2006 nor the 2022 Championships. Paralympic Games World Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janelle Elford
Janelle Pallister ( Elford, born 13 February 1970) is an Australian swimmer and coach.Race, Retta (13 December 2020)"Lani Pallister & Mom Coach Janelle Make Move To Griffith" ''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 9 November 2021.Hanson, Ian (13 December 2020)"Lani Pallister Will Prepare For The Tokyo Olympic Trials On Gold Coast after Mum Janelle's Coaching Switch" ''Swimming World''. Retrieved 9 November 2021. She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be .... She is the mother and coach to Owen Pallister and mother and coach of Australian competitive swimmer and lifesaving athlete Lani Pallister. References External links * 1970 births Living people Australian female fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Brendon Smith
Brendon Smith (born 4 July 2000) is an Australian swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics and has competed in the Summer Universiade and the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials. Background Smith trained with the Nunawading Swimming Club in Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs until 2022. In 2018 he was named by SwimSwam as one of the "20 Australians Under 20 You Need to be Watching" in the men's category.Keith, Braden (14 February 2022)"Olympic Bronze Medalist Brendon Smith Joins Michael Bohl's Group At Griffith" ''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 14 February 2022. In 2022, Smith left his swim club in Nunawading and began training with Michael Bohl at Griffith University. Smith is a student at La Trobe University, studying a Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Finance. Smith is a lifesaver at the Half Moon Bay SLSC in Black Rock, Victoria. He competed at the Australian Youth Lifesaving Team at the 2018 Lifesaving World Championships. Smith w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming Australia
Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. The body has approximately 100,000 registered members nationally in 1100 clubs across the country, which includes swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators and volunteers. The body oversees the management and development of the sport from the national team at the elite level, the conduct of national and international events, through to grass roots participation. The organisation's vision is to become Australia's leading sport through increased participation, continual outstanding performance and commercial excellence. In 1985, the organisation had approximately 90,000 registered members. History Competitive national swimming championships were first held in 1894. Australia had swimmers at most major international swimming events since the 1896 Summer Olympics. This interest led to the creation of the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia, the precursor to Swimming Australia, which was found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA Athletes Of The Year
The FINA Athletes of the Year is a set of awards presented by FINA (International Swimming Federation) and the ''FINA Aquatics World Magazine''. Each recognises excellence in five categories of aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. The award was inaugurated in 2010. Swimming Best swimming performance Water polo Diving High diving Artistic swimming Open water swimming See also * List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year * International Swimming Hall of Fame External linksFINA Elects the Best in 2010from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2011-12-10.FINA selected this year's best in the five disciplines (2011)from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2011-12-10.PR 1 - ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2012from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2013-01-04.ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2013from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2014-01-06. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. Stewart, Melvin (March 22, 2022)"How SwimSwam Became SwimSwam, The Inside Story (10 Year Anniversary Post)" ''SwimSwam''. Retrieved March 23, 2022. SwimSwam was named one of NBC Sports's 100 must-follow social media handles for the 2016 Summer Olympics. History The news organization was founded by Braden Keith, Garrett McCaffrey, Davis Wuolle, Tiffany Stewart and Olympic gold medalist Melvin Stewart, known as Gold Medal Mel. The group of founders teamed up in October 2011, started the SwimSwam YouTube channel on February 17, 2012, and launched the SwimSwam website March 12, 2012.SwimSwam"SwimSwam - About" ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 14, 2021. While the website was launched in 2012, its origins trace back to swimming website ''SwimNetwork. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known as ''SwimInfo'' prior to 2006). The headquarters is in History In its earliest form, ''Junior Swimmer'' began as a mimeograph/newsletter published by Peter Daland in the summer of 1952. In 1960, Coach Daland passed the responsibility of the project to Albert Schoenfeld due to Daland's greater coaching demands as the swim coach at the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The January 1960 issue was the first published in a magazine format, still called ''Junior Swimmer''. The magazine then went through six title changes over the next 45 years. In May 1961, the magazine changed its main cover title to ''Jr./Sr. Swimmer''. The publication then combined with ''Swimming World'' in June 1961. At that time, ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lani Pallister
Lani Pallister (born 6 June 2002) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a world record holder in two sports, with a world record in swimming, the short course 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and world records in life saving for the youth age group in the 100-metre rescue medley and 200-metre super lifesaver. She holds the Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian records in the short course 1500-metre freestyle and the Australian record in the short course 800-metre freestyle. She is the first female World Short Course champion in the 1500-metre freestyle, winning the inaugural event for women at the 2022 edition. Over the course of the 2022 World Short Course Championships, she won the gold medal in each of the four events she contested (three individual events and one relay). At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she became the first Australian woman to medal in the 1500-metre freestyle at a World Aquatics Championships, winning the bronze medal. She is a three-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian studies. The university is named after Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, who was twice Premier of Queensland and the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Sir Samuel Griffith played a major role in the Federation of Australia and was the principal author of the Australian constitution. Opening at Nathan as a single campus of 451 students, the University now has five campuses spanning three cities, the largest of which are the Gold Coast campus at Southport and the Nathan campus in Brisbane. The Mount Gravatt and South Bank campuses are also located in Brisbane, while the Logan campus is at Meadowbrook. Griffith has about 50,000 students and offers a full suite of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees in the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
