Tag: Andrew Bree
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Andrew Bree: Olympic Regrets, ADHD Diagnosis & Swimming Punditry | Off The Ball
Two-time Irish Olympian and swimming analyst Andrew Bree joins the studio for a honest conversation on the mental and physical realities of elite sport. Bree opens up about his ADHD diagnosis and how hyperfocus shaped his career, the intense collegiate training environment at Tennessee, surviving a nightmare drug-test scandal caused by an over-the-counter medication, missing…
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Andrew Bree: ‘I’m Getting Goosebumps Talking About That Turn!’ | History in the Swimming Pool | Off The Ball
Irish Breaststroke swimmer Andrew Bree joins Eoin Sheahan to discuss the success of Irish swimmers at the European Athletics and Swimming Championship. They chat in particular about 2 time European Champion Ellen Walshe, Mona McSharry’s bronze medal, Daniel Wiffen’s method of training and much, much more!
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Andrew Bree to get £25K damages over car crash that ended his London 2012 dreams
The payout to Andrew Bree forms part of a settlement reached in his compensation claim at the High Court in Belfast. The 200m breaststroke swimmer, from County Down, represented Ireland at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. He was in a road accident on Belfast’s Ravenhill Road in October 2010. Three months after sustaining head, back…
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2013 World Police and Fire Games Swim Meet Teaser
Video about the 2013 World Police and Fire Games swimming competition, featuring Irish 2000 and 2008 Olympian Andrew Bree. Watch this video on YouTube
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USC Olympian count closing to 20
It is an established tradition for Olympic athletes to get the rings tattoed on themselves after participating in the world’s ultimate sporting spectacle, and nowhere is this more apparent than at USC. That’s because coach Dave Salo has amassed a training group that is pushing close to 20 Olympic swimmers. Rebecca Soni (USA) Jessica Hardy*…
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Doping Charged Bree Gets Off With A Warning
Irish Andrew Bree admitted the use of an over-the-counter Vicks Nasal Inhaler, which in the US contains the banned substance of Levmethamfetamine. The doping panel was convinced that the use of the drug was not intended to enhance performance and that Bree had gone to “all possible lengths to check that the medial product that…