David Haller (swimmer)
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David Haller (born 27 January 1945) is a British former
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
and swimming coach. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle at the
1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...
, and was subsequently National Team Coach for Britain at ten Olympic Games and for England, Wales or Hong Kong at twelve
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
. Among those whom he coached are the Gold Medallists David Wilkie,
Duncan Goodhew Duncan Alexander Goodhew, (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold ...
and David Davies. He was voted “Coach of the Year” by the British Swimming Coaches Association on nine occasions.“Haller announces his retirement”, britishswimming.org, 16 September 201

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1945 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) British male freestyle swimmers Members of the Order of the British Empire Swimming coaches Olympic coaches for Great Britain Welsh sports coaches {{UK-swimming-bio-stub