Ian Pope (born 1962) is an Olympic Swimming Coach for Australia where he served on the 2000 and 2008 Olympic Teams. He was also selected as a coach for the Australian Swimming Team at 6 World Championships teams 2001 2003 2004 2005 2010 2012. He was Head Coach of the Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club from 2001 to 2017. Ian Pope is one of the most successful swimming coaches in the World having coached swimmers to over 70 Medalist's at the 3 major Swimming events in the World: The Olympic Games, World Championships, and the Commonwealth Games. - Coached swimmers to 11 World Records. - ASCTA Australian Coach of the Year 2004 - Vicsport Coach of the year (for all sports) 2006, 2010 - ASCTA Victorian Coach of the Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 Some of his medalist swimmers from the Olympics and World Championships include

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and Patrick Murphy. He has been named Victorian Swimming Coach of the Year nine timesOur People page
from Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club website (www.vicentre.org.au); retrieved 2010-10-20. and Australia's overall Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004.Eswimmer - December 2003
published by Australian Swimming Ltd. in 2003-12; retrieved 2010-10-20.

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