Gennadi Touretski | |
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Born | Геннадий Геннадьевич Турецкий 17 July 1949[1] |
Died | 7 August 2020 (aged 71)[1] |
Nationality | USSR (1949-1991) Russian (1991-) Australian (1996-) |
Occupation | Swimming coach |
Known for | coach of Alexander Popov, Michael Klim and Ian Thorpe |
Spouse | Inna Abramova |
Children | Alexandra Touretski, Svetlana Turetskaya |
Gennadi Gennadiyevich Touretski (Russian: Геннадий Геннадьевич Турецкий, 17 July 1949 – 7 August 2020)[2] was a swimming coach, best known for training multiple Olympic gold medalists Alexander Popov and Michael Klim through the 1990s to early 2000s at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).[3] In 2011 he trained Ian Thorpe in Switzerland.[4]
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