Shannon Gillespy, Doing Whatever It Takes
Shannon Gillespy, a long-time renowned swim coach from Texas and a former member of the board of directors of USA Swimming, was recently selected to the American 2012 Olympic swim team staff. Shannon will be the team manager for the American open water swim team and will also work with the pool team.
Shannon explained her role and attitude, “When coaches are not coaching I am the person that takes care of the athletes I make sure they have everything they need to focus solely on swimming their best race possible. Whatever it takes to build a champion.”
As a manager, Shannon always receives rave reviews by the swimmers and her colleagues at the national team staff during domestic and international events. Experienced at competitions in Canada, Italy, China, England and throughout the United States, she will travel to Florida and Canada with the swimmers before heading to the 2012 London Olympics in order to help support the American open water swimming medalist hopefuls.
The athletes could not be in better hands.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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