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https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nick-thierry-e1438017766860.jpg794501Perhaps the most unsung influence of this list of 30 is Nick Thierry. The records and statistics swimmers, coaches, journalists, sports scientists, and administrators have valued and been motivated by for the last four decades are largely thanks to Thierry. The swim coach began keeping records of times and comparing them because he saw it as "a very effective training tool" for his swimmers.