Australian Forbes Carlile Passes Away At 95: Swimming Mourns A Coaching Pioneer
"... your winning partnership continues to leave a great legacy in world swimming and world sport. The passion that both of you had to change and improve the world of swimming must never be lost." - Bill Sweetenham, in part of his insightful tribute
Obituary - Legendary Australian swim coach Forbes Carlile, MBE, passed away today on the eve of racing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He was 95.
The following is the official statement and release on Carlile's passing , tributes from coaches, and this author's memory and tribute to a coach pioneer and legend
Carlile was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach in 1948. He was also Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Olympics Games in Helsinki.
A tribute from Shane Gould:
Forbes Carlile (3 June 1921 – 2 August 2016): A Personal Tribute From Shane Gould
“What a man, curmudgeonly, insightful, fervid, and the ultimate swimming geek! Forbes was the right coach for me, he gave me what I needed; his knowledge, structure, feedback and generalised numerical data. I didn’t need inspirational slogans, bullying, minutiae diagnostics”
Craig Lord
