Yannick Tregaro (born 26 March 1978 inGunnared) is a Swedishathletics coach.
Tregaro was a prospectivehigh jumper, who placed 10th in the final of the high jump at the1996 World Junior Championships.[1] His coach wasViljo Nousiainen. Nousiainen died in 1999. This left Tregaro and the young triple jumperChristian Olsson without a coach. This led to Yannick's decision to begin coaching, his first athlete being the young Olsson. This would go on to become a highly successful partnership.[2]
Olsson first achieved prominence as an athlete when he won a silver medal at the2001 World Championships in Athletics inEdmonton. Tregaro coached Olsson to a gold medal in the2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris leading to Olsson winning theWaterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy for 2003.
In 2004, Tregaro coached Olsson to a gold medal in theTriple Jump at theAthens Olympics. Earlier that year, Olsson equalled world indoor record in winning a gold medal at the2004 World Indoor Championships in Athletics.Olsson's feats lead him to win the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year for a second successive year.
From autumn of 2003 until her retirement in 2008, Tregaro coached Swedish high jumperKajsa Bergqvist who earlier in 2003 had won a high jump gold medal at the2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Bergqvist tore her Achilles tendon in July 2004, making her ineligible for the Athens Olympics.[3] She made a comeback to win a gold medal in the high jump at the2005 World Championships in Athletics.[4]
Tregaro coached several promising Swedish athletes, foremost his now ex-wife (between 2011 and 2014)Emma Green who won a silver medal at the2010 European Athletics Championships inBarcelona and a bronze medal at the2005 World Championships in Athletics.
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