Forbes Carlile

Together with his wife, Ursula, and their assistant, Tom Green, he produced many notable olympians such as Shane Gould, Karen Moras, Gail Neall, John Davies, Terry Gathercole, John Ryan and Ian O'Brien.

In 1972, 15-year-old Gould held world records simultaneously in the 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 metres freestyle and the 200m individual medley.

Carlile started testing his physiological knowledge in 1944 at the Enfield pool with two young schoolboys from Canterbury Boys' High School.

1963), was the first modern book on competitive swimming with its study of tapering and the historical development of the crawl.

His swimming school operates in a number of locations in and around Sydney, with former New Zealand Olympic swimmer John Coutts as director.