Michael Bohl is an Australian swimming coach, working for the

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and

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 ...

. Bohl is the coach of swimmer

Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a four-time world record holder, one current and three former, in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the ...

, who represented Australia in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the

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, 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

. Bohl received the

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in 2000, recognising him as a "Long Serving ASI Committee Member". He was awarded the

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in the 2010 Australian Day Honours for "service to swimming as a competitor and coach". At the 2015

Australian Institute of Sport Awards Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) was opened in 1981. AIS Sports Star of the Year (later named AIS Athlete of the Year) was first established in 1983/84 with the first winner being swimmer Karen Phillips. In 1995, AIS Junior Athlete of the Year ...

Bohl was named Coach of the Year. In 2020, Bohl started co-coaching Australian competitive swimmer and multiple-time world junior champion

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 ...

with Janelle Pallister.Hanson, Ian (13 December 2020)
"Lani Pallister Will Prepare For The Tokyo Olympic Trials On Gold Coast after Mum Janelle's Coaching Switch"
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''. Retrieved 9 November 2021.Race, Retta (13 December 2020)
"Lani Pallister & Mom Coach Janelle Make Move To Griffith"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 9 November 2021. For the 2021 year, Bohl was the recipient of the "Coach of the Best Female Swimmer" from

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, an award presented in conjunction with the

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awards, for being the coach of the "Best Female Swimmer" award recipient, Emma McKeon."Aquatics stars honoured at FINA World Aquatics Gala"
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''. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022. He also received the "Olympic Program Coach of the Year" award from Swimming Australia for the year."Historic Tokyo success celebrated in style"
'' Swimming Australia''. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022. In 2022,

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 Smi ...

, an Olympic bronze medalist from the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, started training at

with Bohl as his coach.Keith, Braden (14 February 2022)
"Olympic Bronze Medalist Brendon Smith Joins Michael Bohl's Group At Griffith"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

References

Living people Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Year of birth missing (living people) Australian swimming coaches {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub