Bill Kirby is an Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer from Australia. He was part of the 4×200 Free Relay that won in front of the home crowd at the Sydney Games. The Australia team, with Kirby on each of them, broke that relay’s World Record 3 different times (1998, 2000, 2001).
Bill has recently moved back to Perth and opened up a swim school & swim team: Kirby Swim.
This episode is chuck full of amazing stories — Bill has an outstanding memory. Test sets, kick sets, Popov, Gennadi, Klimy, Thorpey, Hackey, Toddy, Don Talbot, and on and on!
Enjoy!
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