David Alexander Wright (born 3 March 1948) is a New Zealand

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coach.

Biography

Wright was born in

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. He attended

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in New Zealand, Thorp High School in

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, and

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. Wright is an ASCA International Level 5 swimming coach. He has coached national swimming representatives from New Zealand, the

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, the United States and Saudi Arabia. Most notable students include New Zealand national and/or US state champions and/or Saudi Arabian champions Toni Jeffs, Nichola Chellingworth, Jane Copland, Rhi Jeffrey and

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. Notable events include the award of US Swimming's Certificate of Excellence in 2007, appointment in 2003/2004 as national coach for the US Virgin Islands. In association with track coach

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and New Zealand international swimmer Jane Copland published two books on swimming ''Swim to the Top'' (), June 2002 and ''Swimming–A Training Program'' (), April 2004. He is a contributor to the swimming website swimwatch.net. Prior to his career as a swimming coach, Wright coached track athletes including his wife

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, who represented New Zealand, Oceania and the United Kingdom over 800, 1500 and 3000 metres.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100110105701/http://www.fina.org/masters/wr.php * https://web.archive.org/web/20091227115122/http://lydiardfoundation.org/about/aboutarthurlydiard.aspx {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, David Living people 1948 births New Zealand swimming coaches People educated at Wairoa College Victoria University of Wellington alumni New Zealand athletics coaches People from Lawrence, New Zealand