20th-century Australian Olympic swimming coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forbes Carlile MBE (3 June 1921 – 2 August 2016) was an Australian athlete.[1] He was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach. He was later Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[2]
![]() Forbes Carlile | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 3 June 1921 Armadale, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 2 August 2016 (aged 95) Sydney, Australia |
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Sport | Modern pentathlon |
He remains the only person to have coached and later competed at the Olympic Games.
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