Category: History
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A “Celebration Of Life” – Shane Gould’s Olympic Memories | Olympic Rewind
Courtesy of the Olympic channel Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.
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How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool
Read grist via nola.com Most conversations about black people’s relatively poor swimming skills begin and end with the assumption that it’s all black people’s fault. For example, there are swimming pools and beaches all around this area, so if black people don’t swim as well – so the thinking goes – it must be because…
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Dawn Fraser praises Kieren Perkins over 1996 panic attack
Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has praised the efforts of Kieren Perkins at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games after the gold medallist revealed he almost missed the 1500m final due to a panic attack.
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Swimming made Sue Walsh who she is
Read The Buffalo News It’s hard to fathom, but Sue Walsh is about to send her youngest child off to college. Shawn Stankavage is headed for Vanderbilt on a football scholarship. Kids these days would compare him to Johnny Manziel, but his mother’s generation would see the next Fran Tarkenton. It’s hard to fathom because…
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Sandra Völker auctions off Olympic medals to pay off her €100,000 debts
Read The Local Sandra Völker raised €28,000 for her silver medal for the 100 metres freestyle from the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The swimming champion’s two bronze medals from Atlanta were sold for €12,000 and €16,000 each, her swimsuit for €150 and a swimming lesson for €460. The 40-year-old said: “It’s a great outcome…
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Kieren Perkins reveals panic attack that almost cost him Olympic swimming glory at Atlanta 1996
Read 7NEWSÂ and ABC Swimming great Kieren Perkins has revealed a panic attack nearly led him to abandon an Olympic gold-medal-winning race that became one of the most enduring moments in Australian sporting history.
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Rebecca Adlington: ‘I never wanted to be famous’
Read Sports Mole “You never know about [becoming a household name] until it happens to you. I didn’t expect anything to happen. After Beijing I didn’t have a manager, I’d never even considered having any profile. I’ve never been one of those people that wanted to be famous, and you don’t get into swimming to…
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Kieren Perkins to reveal post-swimming struggles on Australian Story
Read news.com.au Gold medal hero Kieren Perkins is taking the plunge into second-time marriage later this year, but first is diving into his own post-swimming struggles on Australian Story. Perkins, 40, has been an exemplar among the few Australian swimmers in recent history to manage the difficult transition from national sporting idol to relative anonymity.…
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Karen Pickering talks about a majestic career and her Swim School
Former champion swimmer Karen Pickering looks back on a majestic career that saw her win 35 major championship medals before retiring in 2005. http://youtu.be/NJYS6fw2XCM