- Tracey Menzies
Tracey Menzies is an
Australia nswimming coach, most known for coaching five-time Olympic championIan Thorpe , Australia's most successful Olympian, from late 2002 until his retirement in 2006.She was an assistant of
Doug Frost , Thorpe's former coach at Sutherland SLC, before Thorpe parted ways with him. After that, she became head of Sutherland when Frost departed, also coaching the likes ofCraig Stevens andKirsten Thomson . She was part of Australia's coaching delegation to the2004 Summer Olympics .She originally started as a learn to swim coach, teaching toddlers and younger children how to swim.
She was an art and Physical education teacher at East Hills Boys High School, co-incidently the same school Ian Thorpe attended.
References
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/13/1031608326439.html "Thorpe - the woman behind the man"]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2005/s1303488.htm "Meeting Miss Menzies"]
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