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By Ian Hanson SYDNEY, May 30. AUSTRALIAN Swimming is today mourning the loss of one of its greatest administrators, former Olympian, master coach and fierce anti-drugs campaigner Terry Gathercole, who died in Canberra this morning, aged 65. Gathercole, died of a heart attack after a long illness and...

Eight Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medals won by legendary Australian swimmer and International Swimming and Sport Australia Hall of Famer Murray Rose  will go under the hammer in Sydney in December in a landmark public auction. Rose, who won a total of four Olympic gold medals in the pool in...

PASSAGES: Australia Mourns The Passing Of "Mr Swimming" John Devitt, A Legend With Chlorine In His Veins The Australian swimming community is in mourning today following the passing of one if its greatest champions, two-time Olympic and three-time Commonwealth Games freestyle gold medallist John D.....

Manly Olympian Frank O’Neill, The First Australian To Break 60 seconds for 110 Yards and who taught Greta Garbo How To Swim, Dies Age 97 One of Australia’s oldest surviving Olympians and Commonwealth Games medallists, Frank O’Neill, has passed away peacefully at home in his beloved suburb of Manly,....

Commentary Favourite Pools. What are yours? As the swimming-less summer of 2020 draws on, the team at Swimming World is taking a look at some of the great pools we love the most, why and what makes them so special. We'd like you to join in the fun and memories with your own suggestions, either by le...

Legendary Australian Olympic swim coach Harry Gallagher OAM – the mastermind behind Aussie swimming greats Dawn Fraser and Jon Henricks – passed away peacefully early today on the Gold Coast. “The Crafty Fox” as he was fondly known around the pool decks throughout his colourful 96 years was surround...

Swimming Australia has partnered with Speedo for more than 60 years, dating back to the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, but that partnership will be coming to an end, effective Dec. 31. The two organizations announced the split in a press release Tuesday. “The partnership with Speedo has been one of thi...

Legendary swim coach Harry Gallagher was the man solely responsible for changing the lives of so many Australians – a man who made a difference, a man who had the ability to get the absolute best out of his charges. A decorated life of Olympian proportions for a devoted husband, father, grand-father...

Dawn Fraser is an Australian Olympic icon. A four-time Olympic swimming gold medallist from 1956, 1960 and 1964. She rose from a scallywag (In Australian parlance: A person, typically a child, who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal) from the back streets ...

Olympic gold medallists Susie O’Neill AM and Chris Fydler OAM and legendary coach Harry Gallagher OAM have been awarded Life Membership of Swimming Australia at its 111th Annual General Meeting [caption id="attachment_450450" align="alignright" width="452"] LIFE MEMBERSHIP: Harry Gallagher with 1956...

In his first Remembrance Day tribute in Canberra today, Australian Governor-General David Hurley AC DSC, has paid tribute to legendary Olympic swimming gold medallist Cecil Healy – who remains the only Australian Olympic gold medallist to lose his life in the line of duty. And sadly a man whose extr...

Operations, injuries and a postponed Olympics has only made Olympic 100m freestyle champion Kyle Chalmers hungrier than ever to defend his gold medal in Tokyo this year. Chalmers, still only 22, has used visualisation methods to picture himself winning gold again in Tokyo and becoming only the seven...

AUSSIE TRIALS: Super Coach Michael Bohl Takes A Trip Down Memory Lanes To Inspire His Class of 2024 Australia’s most successful high performance swimming coach Michael Bohl will spearhead his team into his 10th Olympic Trials meet at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre from June 10-15, inspiring them with ....

Australia has had some amazing swimmer-coach partnerships in its rich history and with Ariarne Titmus and Dean Boxall you seem to get the impression that there’s another one on the horizon…kinda! [caption id="attachment_403619" align="alignnone" width="349"] Legendary coach Harry Gallagher with star...