David Haller (swimmer)

David Haller
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NationalityBritish
Born (1945-01-27) 27 January 1945 (age 79)
Sport
SportSwimming

David Haller MBE[1] (born 27 January 1945) is a British former swimmer and swimming coach. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1964 Summer Olympics,[2] and was subsequently National Team Coach for Britain at ten Olympic Games and for England, Wales or Hong Kong at twelve Commonwealth Games.[3] Among those whom he coached are the Gold Medallists David Wilkie, Duncan Goodhew and David Davies. He was voted “Coach of the Year” by the British Swimming Coaches Association on nine occasions.[4]

  1. ^ The Official Gazette, 30 December 2008, Supplement No. 1, p. 17.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Haller Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. ^ Olympic swimming coach from Penarth announces his retirement,Penarth Times, 21 August 2014.[1]
  4. ^ “Haller announces his retirement”, britishswimming.org, 16 September 2014.[2]