Tag: Bill Furniss
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British Swimming chiefs Spice and Furniss promise to make changes after Worlds
See BBC British Swimming’s national performance director Chris Spice and head coach Bill Furniss insist they can make the changes required to win medals. The team claimed just one medal at the recent World Championships in Barcelona – a 50m freestyle bronze for Francesca Halsall. It was GB’s lowest medals tally since the 1998 Worlds in…
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GB head coach Bill Furniss questions Sheffield’s ‘too fast’ pool
Read BBC British Swimming’s head coach has called for the ending of selection trials at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge after claiming the pool is “too fast”. Bill Furniss said he wanted qualifying events for the Olympics and other competitions switched to other venues. His comments came after the Great Britain team won just one medal at…
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Rebecca Adlington hails new British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss as ‘natural born leader’
Read MailOnline Rebecca Adlington has described Bill Furniss as a ‘natural born leader’ as the man who guided her to four Olympic medals enjoys his first weeks as British head coach. ‘He has the knowledge, he is so experienced. Having been head coach at the 1996 Olympics he knows that role so well. ‘He commands…