COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 27. U.S. Paralympics Thursday named double Olympic gold medalist Mike Troy (Chandler, Ariz.) as Swimming National Team Director today. <\/p>\n
U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, conducts programs for elite-level athletes with physical disabilities such as amputations, visual impairments, dwarfism, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries in order to prepare these athletes to represent the United States in international competition, including the Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n
Troy won the 200-meter butterfly and was a member of the gold medal 800-meter freestyle relay team at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Troy has served in numerous USA Swimming leadership positions, including assistant coach for the U.S. men\u2019s swimming team to the 1975 Pan American Games and as assistant team manager for the U.S. team to the 2001 FINA Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. <\/p>\n
Troy is a graduate of Indiana University and was decorated for service in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition SEAL Team. He is the founder and owner of Mike Troy\u2019s Gold Medal Swim School, which has produced more than 50 members of U.S. national and international swim teams as well as three Olympic gold medalists.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re extremely pleased to have Mike head our U.S. Paralympics Swimming Program,\u201d said Charlie Huebner, Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Paralympics. \u201cThe expertise Mike brings will be a great asset for our athletes as they prepare for the 2004 Paralympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Troy will lead the development and implementation of training and competition programs for U.S. Paralympics elite- and national-level swimmers as they prepare for the Paralympic Games Sept. 17-28, 2004, in Athens, Greece. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m extremely excited by this opportunity,\u201d Troy said. \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing feeling to know that you\u2019re contributing to something of this caliber, and I hope that my experiences and contacts throughout the swimming community can enhance these athletes\u2019 preparation and performances.\u201d<\/p>\n
Troy will be joined on the U.S. Paralympics Swimming Program staff by Julie O\u2019Neill, who was named Thursday as Swimming National Program Manager. O\u2019Neill will assist Troy in developing 2003-04 performance strategies and will provide support to team athletes and their coaches from the U.S. Paralympics headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., starting April 1. <\/p>\n
O\u2019Neill has served on U.S. team staffs to the International Paralympic Committee\u2019s World Swimming Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1998 and in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 2002. O\u2019Neill also served on the U.S. team staff to the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. <\/p>\n
A graduate of Purdue University and Ohio State University, O\u2019Neill has a decade of USA Swimming program management experience to complement her Paralympic involvement. O\u2019Neill is co-founder of Rocket Aquatics in Baldwinsville, N.Y., and is a member of USA Swimming\u2019s Adapted Swimming Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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