{"id":586756,"date":"2024-06-08T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=586756"},"modified":"2024-06-08T20:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T03:07:22","slug":"australias-celebrated-supercoach-michael-bohl-to-take-long-service-leave-after-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australias-celebrated-supercoach-michael-bohl-to-take-long-service-leave-after-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Celebrated Supercoach Michael Bohl To Take &#8216;Long Service Leave&#8217; After Paris Olympics."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Australia\u2019s Celebrated Supercoach Michael Bohl To Take \u201cLong Service Leave\u201d After Paris Olympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Bohl, one of Australia\u2019s most celebrated coaches, will leave the pool deck for 12 months after guiding his athletes to this year\u2019s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a deserved long service leave for not only one of the most successful Olympic coaches in Australian swimming\u2019s history but also one of the most respected men in swimming, who has guided some of Australia\u2019s best to the top of the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_515159\" style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-515159\" data-attachment-id=\"515159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-australia-awards-life-membership-to-michael-bohl-nicole-livingstone-and-matthew-dunn\/emma-mckeon-and-michael-bohl-tokyo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Emma-MCKeon-and-Michael-Bohl-Tokyo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1125,1109\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630316659&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Emma MCKeon and Michael Bohl Tokyo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Emma MCKeon and Michael Bohl Tokyo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Emma-MCKeon-and-Michael-Bohl-Tokyo-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Emma-MCKeon-and-Michael-Bohl-Tokyo-1024x1009.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-515159\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Emma-MCKeon-and-Michael-Bohl-Tokyo-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Emma MCKeon and Michael Bohl Tokyo\" width=\"641\" height=\"458\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-515159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olympic memory&#8230;Michael Bohl and Emma McKeon. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man who coached <strong>Stephanie Rice<\/strong> to 200 and 400IM gold in Beijing in 2008 and <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> to 50 and 100m freestyle gold in Tokyo 2020 is preparing McKeon and defending 100 and 200m backstroke gold medallist <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> and his Griffith University team for the Olympic Trials that begin in Brisbane on Monday (June 10).<\/p>\n<p>Bohl took over McKeown post the Tokyo Games &#8211; steering her to six individual World Championships as the 22-year-old Queenslander continued to re-write the 50, 100 and 200m backstroke world records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeon, Australia\u2019s most successful Olympic athlete, has already declared that Paris will be her swansong from the sport\u00a0 at the age of 30 \u2013 a career which Bohl has steered since she and brother two-time Olympian <strong>David<\/strong> <strong>McKeon<\/strong> moved to Queensland from NSW.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is a decision that you don\u2019t take lightly but it\u2019s time to take a break from coaching for 12 months, to spend some time with my family, recharge the batteries,\u201d Bohl told Swimming World.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m talking to Swimming Australia about some projects and other roles, but we\u2019ll wait and see where that lands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with News Corp, Bohl added: \u201cI\u2019ve been coaching 37 years and I\u2019ve never had a break, so I just want to slow down and step away for a while.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd then towards the end of the year (2025), I will just start to seriously question whether it is something I want to keep going on with?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_586728\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586728\" data-attachment-id=\"586728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-trials-exclusive-swimming-world-goes-up-close-and-personal-at-one-of-griffith-university-squads-final-sessions\/kaylee-and-bohly-wade_griffithatchandler-139\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/KAYLEE-AND-BOHLY-Wade_GriffithAtChandler-139-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2152,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1716879952&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KAYLEE AND BOHLY Wade_GriffithAtChandler-139\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;WRITE ON THE MONEY: Kaylee McKeown and coach Michael Bohl Photo Courtesy Wade Brennan (Wade&#8217;s Photos)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/KAYLEE-AND-BOHLY-Wade_GriffithAtChandler-139-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/KAYLEE-AND-BOHLY-Wade_GriffithAtChandler-139-861x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-586728\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/KAYLEE-AND-BOHLY-Wade_GriffithAtChandler-139-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"441\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-586728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaylee McKeown and coach Michael Bohl. Photo Courtesy Wade Brennan (Wade&#8217;s Photos)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the moment, I think after 12 months I might be right to go on again but, after 12 months, I might go, \u2018Hey, I think I\u2019m done\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian Trials will run over six days between Monday June 10 and Saturday June 15 when the Australian team for Paris will be announced by the Australian Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.org.au\/events-results\/events\/2024-australian-swimming-trials\">2024 AUSTRALIAN TRIALS \u2013 EVENT PAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/liveresults.swimming.org.au\/sal\/2024Trials\/\">LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmingausprd.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-Australian-Swimming-Trials-Heats-Program_V2.pdf\">HEATS PROGRAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmingausprd.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-Australian-Swimming-Trials_Coaches-Timeline.pdf\">PROGRAM TIMELINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Celebrated Supercoach Michael Bohl To Take \u201cLong Service Leave\u201d After Paris Olympics. 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