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Podcast: Inside with Brett Hawke
Episode: #188 Fred Vergnoux, 5x Olympic swim coach
Description: Fred Vergnoux is the new technical director of CN Metropole de Las Palmas of Gran Canaria leaving his head coaching position at the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN). For the last 11 years he has coached Mireia Belmonte, winner of the Women's 200 Fly at the Rio Olympics. Some of his other swimmers including Alena Popchanka (Fred's wife!), Amaury Leveaux, and Kirsty Balfour.
Before Spain, Fred was handpicked by Bill Sweetenham as he was rebuilding British Swimming.Â
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Hi Fred
04:45 Resting at Mom's house
06:15 Frenchman in charge of Spanish National Team
09:00 Multilingual