Former Great Britain Head Coach Ian Turner Passes Away

Former Great Britain Head Coach Ian Turner Passes Away

Ian Turner, the previous Great Britain head coach who guided Paul Palmer to Olympic and world medals, has handed away.

He served as British Swimming head coach from 1999-2008 earlier than taking over management positions in New Zealand and Singapore.

During his teaching profession, Turner positioned 25 swimmers on seven Olympic Games groups. Swimmers underneath his management received 127 medals at Olympic, World and European Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Turner helped steer Palmer to silver within the 400m freestyle on the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. He adopted that with gold within the 200 free and 4×200 freestyle relay on the European Championships in Seville, Spain, the next yr.

Palmer then claimed double bronze within the 400 free and 4×200 freestyle relay on the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia.

An announcement from the British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) learn: “The BSCA are extraordinarily unhappy to be taught of the passing in a single day of former GB National Head Coach Ian Turner.

“He served as British Swimming’s Head Coach from 1999–2008 and later held key roles in New Zealand and Singapore earlier than supporting grassroots swimming by the Pentaqua Swim Academy.

“Ian was a schoolteacher for 23 years previous to changing into an expert swimming coach. Whilst educating and training at Lincoln Pentaqua swim membership, Turner positioned 4 native kids on GB Olympic Games Teams (1988/1992/1996), with Paul Palmer profitable Silver in Atlanta. These 4 swimmers additionally received medals at World & European Championships.

“After the 1996 Olympic Games he moved to Bath University to develop the primary High Performance Centre in Great Britain.

“During his teaching profession, Turner has positioned 25 swimmers on 7 Olympic Games groups.

“In addition, swimmers underneath his management received 127 medals at Olympic, World, European and Commonwealths.

“After leaving the UK in 2008, Turner joined the North Shore Club in Auckland earlier than shifting to Singapore to turn out to be Technical Director.

“Our condolences go to his family & friends.”