behind the Americans. Gathercole had at various times in his career held the world record in the 200-metre, and national records in the 110- and 220-yard breaststroke. Coaching career Gathercole then became a coach, beginning as an assistant to Forbes Carlile. In December 1960, he became a full-time professional coach and built an indoor short course pool in Castle Cove, New South Wales, a northern suburb of Sydney. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the Australian Olympic Federation agreed to appoint team coaches for the first time. Gathercole was named as the national women's coach. Among the breaststrokers that Gathercole coached were Ian O'Brien (1964 Summer Olympics 200-metre breaststroke champion) and Beverley Whitfield (1972 Summer Olympics 200-metre breaststroke champion) and backstroker and Lisa Forrest (dual gold medallist at the 1982 Commonwealth Games). In 1986, Gathercole was appointed as a Senior Coach with the Australian Institute of Sport's swimming program. Whilst at the AIS, he coached Linley Frame (1991 World Aquatics Championships 100-metre breaststroke champion) and Phil Rogers (1992 Summer Olympics 100-metre breaststroke bronze medallist). In 1992, he retired from the AIS due to heath concerns. He served as a coach for the national team for 28 years until his retirement in 1992. Major national team coaching appointments: Olympic Games – 1964 Rome, 1976 Montreal, and 1992 Barcelona World Long Course Championships – 1975 Columbia and 1991 Perth Commonwealth Games – 1966 Kingston Administration career He was elected vice president of Australian Swimming from 1992 to 1996 and president from 1997–2000. Recognition 1981– Australian Coach of the Year 1985 – Inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer". 1987 – Life member of the Australian Swim Coaches Association 1987 – Master Coach by the Australian Swim Coaches Association 1988 – Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of service to the sport of swimming. 1991 – Australian Coaching Council's Individual Coach of the Year. 1999 – inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 200 metres breaststroke References External links Obituary from www.swiminfo.com, the website of Swimming World magazine 1935 births 2001 deaths People from New South Wales Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Australian