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Michael Bohl is an Australian swimming coach, working for the
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and
Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asia ...
. Bohl is the coach of swimmer
Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a four-time world record holder, one current and three former, in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the ...
, who represented Australia in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics, and former coach of triple Olympic gold medallist
Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice, OAM (born 17 June 1988) is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2009. On 9 April ...
. Bohl has been the coach of Australian swimmers who have been on the podium at every summer Olympics between the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Bohl received the
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in 2000, recognising him as a "Long Serving ASI Committee Member". He was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Go ...
in the 2010 Australian Day Honours for "service to swimming as a competitor and coach". At the 2015
Australian Institute of Sport Awards Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) was opened in 1981. AIS Sports Star of the Year (later named AIS Athlete of the Year) was first established in 1983/84 with the first winner being swimmer Karen Phillips. In 1995, AIS Junior Athlete of the Year ...
Bohl was named Coach of the Year. In 2020, Bohl started co-coaching Australian competitive swimmer and multiple-time world junior champion Lani Pallister with Janelle Pallister.Hanson, Ian (13 December 2020)
"Lani Pallister Will Prepare For The Tokyo Olympic Trials On Gold Coast after Mum Janelle's Coaching Switch"
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''. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
Race, Retta (13 December 2020)
"Lani Pallister & Mom Coach Janelle Make Move To Griffith"
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''. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
For the 2021 year, Bohl was the recipient of the "Coach of the Best Female Swimmer" from
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, an award presented in conjunction with the
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awards, for being the coach of the "Best Female Swimmer" award recipient, Emma McKeon."Aquatics stars honoured at FINA World Aquatics Gala"
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''. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
He also received the "Olympic Program Coach of the Year" award from
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for the year."Historic Tokyo success celebrated in style"
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Swimming Australia Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. The body has approximately 100,000 registered members nationally in 1100 clubs across the country, which includes swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators ...
''. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
In 2022, Brendon Smith, an Olympic bronze medalist from the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, started training at
Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asia ...
with Bohl as his coach.Keith, Braden (14 February 2022)
"Olympic Bronze Medalist Brendon Smith Joins Michael Bohl's Group At Griffith"
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SwimSwam ''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world. ...
''. Retrieved 14 February 2022.


References

Living people Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Year of birth missing (living people) Australian swimming coaches {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub