Bruce Gemmell is an American swimming coach. He is also "an engineer and inventor" with "11 American patents on which his name appears..." In 2016 Gemmell was named a women's assistant coach for the United States Olympic Swimming Team.[1] Gemmell is a coach at the Nation's Capital Swim Club, where he has worked with athletes including Katie Ledecky and Andrew Gemmell.[2] Gemmell has been named coach of the year by the American Swim Coaches Association three times.[3] Gemmell is signed to the company DLE.[4] As an athlete Gemmell swam at the University of Michigan and qualified for the US Olympic Trials in 1980 and 1984.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Michigan's Mike Bottom among Olympic swim coaches". July 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ Butcher, Robert (August 10, 2015). "Bruce Gemmell: "Something Special" About Katie Ledecky".
  3. ↑ "Bruce Gemmell Repeats As ASCA Coach of the Year". September 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "3x U.S. Coach of the Year, Bruce Gemmell, Signs with DLE Agency". SwimSwam. February 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "TRAINING". www.usaswimming.org.

6. His Latest Innovation: The World’s Best Swimmer

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