Bruce Gemmell (coach)

Bruce Gemmell is an American swimming coach. He is also "an engineer and inventor" with "11 American patents on which his name appears..." In 2016 Gemmell was named a women's assistant coach for the United States Olympic Swimming Team.[1] Gemmell is a coach at the Nation's Capital Swim Club, where he has worked with athletes including Katie Ledecky and Andrew Gemmell.[2] Gemmell has been named coach of the year by the American Swim Coaches Association three times.[3] Gemmell is signed to the company DLE.[4] As an athlete Gemmell swam at the University of Michigan and qualified for the US Olympic Trials in 1980 and 1984.[5]

References
  1. "Michigan's Mike Bottom among Olympic swim coaches". July 5, 2016.
  2. Butcher, Robert (August 10, 2015). "Bruce Gemmell: "Something Special" About Katie Ledecky".
  3. "Bruce Gemmell Repeats As ASCA Coach of the Year". September 11, 2015.
  4. "3x U.S. Coach of the Year, Bruce Gemmell, Signs with DLE Agency". SwimSwam. February 9, 2016.
  5. "TRAINING". www.usaswimming.org.

6. His Latest Innovation: The World’s Best Swimmer

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