Category: Organization
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Denmark appoints Nick Juba as new national head coach
The Danish Swimming Federation has appointed Nick Juba as their new national head coach, to complete their national team management consisting of sports director Mikkel Von Seelen (DEN), head coach Nick Juba (GBR), national training center head coach Shannon Rollason (AUS) and talent developer Michael Hinge (DEN). Nick Juba has for many years been head…
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Bidding video – FINA Kazan 2015
I’m late with publishing this video from 2011, but luckily it is still relevant :-)
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Finnish media interviewing new national head coach Bo Jacobsen
An interview in English here off uimaliitto.fi (The Finnish Swimming Association website), you can also see a segment from 2:00 to 3:54 here on Yle Areena. Details off Uimaliitto are for instance that he is appointed at least until the Berlin Europeans in 2014, with the option to then continue until Rio 2016. Read more…
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Finland appoints Bo Jacobsen as new national head coach
The Finnish Swimming Association has appointed Danish coach Bo Jacobsen as new national head coach, starting May 1st, 2013. Bo Jacobsen is renowned in Danish swimming as head coach these past 18½ years of one of the most successful swim clubs in Denmark, WestSwim later merged into Esbjerg Svømmeklub. Read the press release here on…
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SA swimmers will have to pay for their trip to Barcelona 2013
Read Sport24 South African swimmers, including Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, will have to pay their own way to compete in the FINA World Championships in Barcelona later this year as their cash-strapped federation cannot fund their trip. Swimming South Africa CEO Shaun Adriaanse confirmed that the federation would be sending the swimmers to…
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Hackett slams treatment of the Aussie relay
March 17, 2013: Grant Hackett has slammed Swimming Australia for making the men’s freestyle relay squad front a media conference over their stilnox use. See ninemsn
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Mark Foster talks swimming with SportsvibeTV
Mark Foster talks to SportsvibeTV about everyday exercise and swimming, the Olympic legacy, the state of British swimming and the ‘SwimBritain’ initiative headed up by British Gas. Six-time World Champion Mark Foster is calling on people to get out of their seats and into the pool, after a new survey found that 23% of people…
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Former swim coach Brandon Largent pleads guilty to battery
Read Fox59 A former swim coach has pleaded guilty to battery. Brandon Largent, 21, worked at North Putnam High School in Greencastle. He was given a suspended sentence of 180 days in prison. Largent was arrested last year. He admitted to kissing a teenage boy after exchanging texts and photos.