Podcast Episode – Brendan Keogh

Welcome to another episode of the Aquatic Mentors podcast. I am your host, Katrina van Eyk.

In this episode I interview an industry professional who has had years of experience in the aquatics field as a coach and several achievements as a coach working with disabled swimmers so, please extend a big welcome to the podcast for Brendan Keogh.

Brendan began his swimming career in Vanuatu swimming laps of a popular bay with a sleeping coach and returned to Australia to be coached by his father becoming an National Age level swimmer.

He then took on a coaching role and has been part of coach teams representing Australia through Para swimming since the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games in Sydney.

In 2012 Brendan retired from international coaching after the London Paralympics and took on a management role at Genesis Christian College’s Aquatic Centre. They couldn’t keep Brendan away for long though and he returned to the international coaching team for the 2014 Para Pan Pacific Championship and the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships and the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Brendan has now retired again from the international coaching stage to spend more time building a work/life balance between his family, friends and his work with the Genesis Aquatic Centre.

Through today’s episode Brendan shares some insights into his work as well as his thoughts on swimming in Australia and where he see’s swimming moving to in the future.

Please share the hidden gems you find in Brendan’s interview on our Facebook page, Aquatic Mentors and you will find all his contact details listed at the end of the show notes.

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So, let’s jump in and find out more about Brendan’s journey in swimming.

Brendan Keogh’s Contact Information:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-keogh-6ba795133/

Katrina van Eyk's Contact Information:

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Regional Swim Clinics - www.regionalswimclinics.com.au

Email – regionalswimclinics@outlook.com

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Aquatic Mentors Ebook Link: https://www.regionalswimclinics.com.au/top-10-tips-for-aquatic-professionals/