- Yannick Tregaro
Yannick Tregaro (born
26 March 1978 inGunnared Sweden ) is a Swedish athletics coach. Tregaro was a prospectivehigh jump er, who made the final of the high jump at the World Junior Championships. His coach wasViljo Nousiainen . Nousiainen died in 1999. This left Tregaro, and the young triple jumperChristian Olsson without a coach. This led to Yannick's decision to begin coaching, his first athlete being the young Olsson. This would go on to become a highly successful partnership.uccess With Christian Olsson
Olsson first achieved prominence as an athlete when he won a silver medal at the
2001 World Championships in Athletics inEdmonton . Tregaro coached Olsson to a gold medal in the2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris leading to Olsson winning theWaterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy for 2003.In 2004, Tregaro coached Olsson to a gold medal in the
Triple Jump at the Athens Olympics. Earlier that year, Olsson equalled world indoor record in winning a gold medal at the2004 World Indoor Championships in Athletics .Olsson's feats lead him to win the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year for a second successive year.Other Athletes
Since the autumn of 2003 Tregaro also coaches Swedish high jumper
Kajsa Bergqvist who earlier that year won a gold medal in the high jump at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Bergqvist tore her achilles tendon in July 2004 making her ineligible for the Athens Olympics. She made a comeback to win a gold medal in the high jump at the2005 World Championships in Athletics . Tregaro also coaches girlfriendEmma Green who was a bronze medalist in the high jump at the same event, thus making him one of the most successful coaches in athletics today.References
* [http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantBiography?pid=9000548 Olsson's 2004 Olympic participant page]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040720/sports.htm "Tribune India" sports page on Bergqvist's injury]ee also
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Christian Olsson
*Kajsa Bergqvist
*Emma Green
*High jump
*Triple jump
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