Michael Bohl is an Australian swimming coach, working for theAustralian Swim Team andGriffith University.
Bohl is the coach of swimmerEmma McKeon, who represented Australia in the2016 Summer Olympics and the2020 Summer Olympics, and former coach of triple Olympic gold medallistStephanie Rice.
Bohl has been the coach of Australian swimmers who have been on the podium at every summer Olympics between the2008 Summer Olympics and the2024 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Bohl received theAustralian Sports Medal in 2000, recognising him as a "Long Serving ASI Committee Member".[3] He was awarded theMedal of the Order of Australia in the2010 Australian Day Honours for "service to swimming as a competitor and coach".[4]
At the 2015Australian Institute of Sport Awards Bohl was named Coach of the Year.[5]
In 2020, Bohl started co-coaching Australian competitive swimmer and multiple-time world junior championLani Pallister withJanelle Pallister.[6][7]
For the 2021 year, Bohl was the recipient of the "Coach of the Best Female Swimmer" fromFINA, an award presented in conjunction with theFINA Athletes of the Year awards, for being the coach of the "Best Female Swimmer" award recipient, Emma McKeon.[8] He also received the "Olympic Program Coach of the Year" award fromSwimming Australia for the year.[9]
In 2022,Brendon Smith, an Olympic bronze medalist from the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, started training atGriffith University with Bohl as his coach.[10]
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