About this episode
Fred Vergnoux is the new technical director of CN Metropole de Las Palmas of Gran Canaria leaving his head coaching position at the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN). For the last 11 years he has coached Mireia Belmonte , winner of the Women's 200 Fly at the Rio Olympics. Some of his other swimmers including Alena Popchanka (Fred's wife!), Amaury Leveaux , and Kirsty Balfour . Before Spain, Fred was handpicked by Bill Sweetenham as he was rebuilding British Swimming. 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hi Fred 04:45 Resting at Mom's house 06:15 Frenchman in charge of Spanish National Team 09:00 Multilingual 12:15 Coaching influences & philosophies 22:30 Back to club coaching 26:05 See the plan through 32:45 Mireia Belmonte 36:55 How Belmonte trains 43:55 Gold medal set 46:00 Mental coach 58:15 Learning from COVID 01:04:00 What it takes 01:10:00 Paris 01:13:00 Bill Sweetenham story Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today! SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING : Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you! DESTRO SWIM TOWERS : Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! SWIMNERD LIVE : Create an interactive heat sheet. Stream your swim meet scoreboard in real time over top your live stream. Turn any tv into a digital scoreboard. Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster