| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Men’s Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1984 Los Angeles | 200 m breaststroke | |
| Pan Pacific Games | |||
| Silver | 1985 Tokyo | 200 m breaststroke | |
Glenn Beringen (born September 16, 1964 in Adelaide) was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course Swimming event first held in 1985. The first edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m event was held in 1985 in Tokyo Japan after discussions between the Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, He was continually thwarted at international level by the Canada Victor Davis. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Victor Davis CM ( February 10, 1964 &ndash November 13, 1989) was a Canadian Olympic and world champion
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Beringen was roundly beaten into second place by Davis, trailing home by 2. The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September&mdash9 October 1982 Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland 81 seconds. It was more of the same in Los Angeles, when Davis won by a margin of 2. 45 seconds, the largest in an Olympic breaststroke event for half a century. Beringen also competed in the 200 m individual medley, where he was eliminated in the heats.
Beringen later became a coach, beginning at the South Australian Sports Institute from 1991 until 2002, before serving at the Australian Institute of Sport until 2004, when he retired. The South Australian Sports Institute (SASI is a specialised educational and training institution providing coaching for elite junior and senior athletes in a number of sports The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS leads the development of elite sport and is widely acknowledged in Australia and internationally as a world best practice model for elite athlete Among his athletes at the AIS were Olympic gold medallists Petria Thomas and Sarah Ryan. Petria Ann Thomas OAM (born August 25 1975) is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles Sarah Ryan (born 20 February 1977 is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Atlanta He coached his athletes for three individual short course world records, two short course and long course relay world records.
Glen moved back to Adelaide where he worked for a short from Swim SA promoting the sport but has recently begun coaching a squad of elite SA swimmers.
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games.
External links
- Swimming Australia profile for Glenn Beringen
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