Alan Thompson (swimming coach)

Alan Thompson is a former Australian swimming coach, who was once the head coach of the Australian swimming team.[1] He was appointed to the role in January 2005 following the resignation of Leigh Nugent after the 2004 Athens Olympics. He took a redundancy package from Swimming Australia in January 2010 and Nugent was re-appointed to the role.[2] Thompson was also a school teacher at his former high school, Sir Joseph Banks High School.[3]

Thomson was an official Olympic Swimming Team coach for the 2004 (Athens) and 2008 (Beijing) Olympics.[4]

  1. ^ "Swim coach Thompson stood down ", ABC Sport-Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 7 December 2009
  2. ^ "Former Australian head swim coach Alan Thompson cleared of alleged inappropriate behaviour", AAP, 14 April 2010, Retrieved 14 April 2010
  3. ^ "Alan Thompson appointed head coach for Australian swimming ", AP Worldstream, 17 November 2004
  4. ^ Honour List of Australia’s Olympic Swimming Team Coaches[permanent dead link]