Forbes Carlile
20th-century Australian Olympic swimming coach
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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1921 Armadale, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 2 August 2016 (aged 95) Sydney, Australia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
He remains the only person to have coached and later competed at the Olympic Games.
References
change- ↑ Father of Australian Swimming Forbes Carlile Passes Away: Father of Australian Swimming Forbes Carlile Passes Away, accessdate: September 4, 2016
- ↑ "Forbes Carlile Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
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