Rohan Taylor
Rohan Taylor is the head coach of the
In 2007, Leisel Jones, who had won the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the 2005 and 2007 World Championships, relocated to Melbourne for family reasons and began swimming under Taylor. She won the 100 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
In June 2020 Taylor was appointed as head coach of the Australian Dolphins Swimming Team, replacing Jacco Verhaeren in the role.[3] Taylor's first Olympics as head coach of Australian swimming saw Australia have great success winning a record 9 gold medals and 21 total medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. In 2022 Australia won 6 gold medals at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest and later that year Taylor led the Australian team to their most successful World Short Course Swimming Championships ever winning a record 13 gold medals in Melbourne.
In 2023, awarded Coach of the Year at the Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.[4]
Notes
- ^ Race, Loretta. "Rohan Taylor welcomed as new Victoria, Australia state head coach". Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Nunawading Swimming Club Hires Rohan Taylor". Swimming World. 17 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Rohan Taylor appointed as new Dolphins head coach as Jacco Verhaeren departs". Swimming World. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Commission, Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports. "Swimming makes a big splash at AIS Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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