Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Swimmer's Daily
    • Home
    • Blog
    • Timeline
    • Tags
    • Sitemap
    • About
    • Contact
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    Swimmer's Daily
    Home»Safety»Swedish sports people reveal sexual abuse
    Safety

    Swedish sports people reveal sexual abuse

    rokurBy rokurMay 1, 2011Updated:May 1, 2011No Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Former high jump world champion Patrik Sjöberg revealed in his memoirs published earlier this week how his former coach and stepfather Viljo Nousiainen molested him from he was 11 years old until he about the age of 15 had “the body of a grown man”. This after also former high jumper Christian Skaar Thomassen told him that he had been abused by Nousiainen, and before now track coach Yannick Tregaro revealed that he also had been molestated by Nousiainen.

    Swedish news site corren.se was quick to point out the swimming club Linköpings ASS as a shining example having a policy against sexual harassment, after having learned it ‘the hard way’. But then Swedish olympian Ida Marko-Varga came forward, describing on her blog and on Expressen.se how she 8 years ago was harassed by a national coach working at Linköpings ASS, resulting in the coach eventually being convicted for sexual harassment. But that even though this coach was convicted, he kept his job at the club, and that she when selected for the European Championships in Eindhoven 2010 had to react to him being selected as her national coach.

    Today another unnamed swimmer came forward on Swedish news site dn.se, describing how she at the age of 15 was sexual harassed by her drunk coach in an apartment with older team members, who told her to not tell anybody. And how this coach used to harass them even when in company of parents. After two years she told the board who fired the coach, but never reported it to the police. Today the current head coach of the club denies the whole incident when asked about it by the news site, even though he accordingly to the now 18-year-old woman was involved in the firing of the perpetrator.

    Related

    Ida Marko-Varga
    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    rokur
    • Website

    Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Swimming Association. Likes to run :-)

    Related Posts

    Us Artistic Swimmer Rescued by Coach After Fainting in Pool | BBC News

    June 23, 2022

    Experts Urge Swim Lessons, Water Safety to Prevent Child Drownings | Eyewitness News ABC7NY

    June 15, 2022

    Summer Safety: Teaching Kids to Safely Swim Indoors, Outdoors | Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV

    June 15, 2022

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Sponsor
    Top Posts
    • How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
      How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
    • Us Artistic Swimmer Rescued by Coach After Fainting in Pool | BBC News
      Us Artistic Swimmer Rescued by Coach After Fainting in Pool | BBC News
    • US Olympic Artistic Swimmer Anita Alvarez on Race in Her Sport | uInterview
      US Olympic Artistic Swimmer Anita Alvarez on Race in Her Sport | uInterview
    • 10 Worst Shark Attacks Ever Recorded
      10 Worst Shark Attacks Ever Recorded
    • Story Of Encounter With The Candiru "The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis"
      Story Of Encounter With The Candiru "The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis"
    • Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
      Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
    • Hundreds of Swimming Teachers Urgently Needed After Pandemic | 9 News Australia
      Hundreds of Swimming Teachers Urgently Needed After Pandemic | 9 News Australia
    • Record-breaking numbers strip off for Dark Mofo nude swim
      Record-breaking numbers strip off for Dark Mofo nude swim
    • Why Tommy Little Has Decided to Swim 92KM From the U.K. To Belgium & Where He Will Keep His Passport | The Project
      Why Tommy Little Has Decided to Swim 92KM From the U.K. To Belgium & Where He Will Keep His Passport | The Project
    • Caeleb Dressel And Wife Reflect On Their Emotional Video Call After Olympic Win | Access
      Caeleb Dressel And Wife Reflect On Their Emotional Video Call After Olympic Win | Access
    Countdown to Budapest 2022June 18, 2022
    The big day is here.
    Countdown to Rome 2022August 11, 2022
    47 days to go.
    Categories
    Buffer Overflow
    Tweets by swimmersdaily
    • RSS - Posts
    • RSS - Comments
    Contact Info & Hours
    Swimmer's Daily
    c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu
    Brekkuvegur 10
    FO-650 Toftir
    Faroe Islands
    Mobile +298 219754
    [email protected]
    09:00-21:00 UTC/GMT
    Subscribe to Blog via Email

    Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 5,085 other subscribers

    Meta
    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    © 2022 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.