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Hannula in January 2008Men's Swimming Competitor for the 
United StatesSummer Universiade Gold 1977 Sofia 4x200m Freestyle Dick Hannula is a swimming coach in Tacoma, Washington who coached for Tacoma Swim Club also known as TSC. In 1980, he was chosen as the National High School Swim Coach of the Year, and in 1990 was the commissioner of swimming for the Goodwill Games. A four-term president of the National Swimming Association, he coached the US National Swim Team in 1973, 1975 (in the Pan American Games), 1976, 1978, and 1985. He managed the national swim team in 1979, at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] A member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Hannula became the assistant coach for The University of Puget Sound's men's and women's swim teams in the 2007-2008 season. Hannula is of Finnish and Austrian origin.[2]
Hannula is the author of Coaching Swimming Successfully. ISBN 0736045198. and The Swim Coaching Bible. ISBN 0736036466..
References
- ^ "Dick Hannula, American Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame". http://www.swimmingcoach.org/hof/coaches/dhannula_info.html. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Withers, Bud (2006-05-23). "Hannula a maker of swimming champions". The Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060523&slug=hannula23. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman • David Berkoff • Steve Bigelow • Matt Biondi • Matt Cetlinski • Troy Dalbey • Mark Dean • Doug Gjertsen • Chris Jacobs • Tom Jager • Shaun Jordan • Dan Jorgensen • Lars Jorgensen • Jeff Kostoff • Brett Lang • Jay Mortenson • Craig Oppel • Rich Schroeder • Kirk Stackle • Bill Stapleton • Melvin Stewart • Dan Veatch • Daniel Watters • Dave Wharton
Women's Team Beth Barr • Tami Bruce • Janet Evans • Leigh Ann Fetter • Erika Hansen • Andrea Hayes • Whitney Hedgepeth • Janel Jorgensen • Mitzi Kremer • Susan Lipscomb • Tracey McFarlane • Mary T. Meagher • Betsy Mitchell • Trina Radke • Susan Rapp • Jill Sterkel • Dara Torres • Laura Walker • Mary Wayte • Paige Zemina
Coaches Steve Bultman • Dick Hannula (manager) • Mitch Ivey • Frank Keefe • Skip Kenney • Richard Quick • Eddie Reese • Randy Reese • Mark Schubert
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1959: Italy: Unknown • 1961: Not Held • 1963: Not Held • 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman) • 1967: USA: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie) • 1970: USA: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl) • 1973: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1977: USA: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula) • 1979: USA: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp) • 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1985: USA: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi) • 1987: USA: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen) • 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1993: USA: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube) • 1995: USA: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher) • 1997: USA: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver) • 1999: USA: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin) • 2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo) • 2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshev, Prilukov) • 2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio) • 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh) • 2009: Japan: (Uchida, Hihara, Kuzuhara, Mononobe) 2011: USA: (Klueh, Hill, Bartlett, McLean) •
Categories:- American swimmers
- People from Tacoma, Washington
- University of Puget Sound
- American people of Austrian descent
- American people of Finnish descent
- American swimming coaches
- College swimming coaches in the United States
- Living people
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