Tag: John Wright
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South African Swimmer Alleges Former Australian Coach Sexually Assaulted Him as a Teenager | ABC News (Australia)
Last week 7.30 revealed allegations by a series of former elite swimmers that they’d been sexually abused as teenagers by former coach John Wright.
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More Swimmers Come Forward With Accusations of Abuse by Swimming Coach | ABC News (Australia)
Several former swimmers have alleged John Wright sexually abused them when he was a coach at Brisbane’s Chandler pool in the 1980s. This investigation by Lorna Knowles and Nikki Tugwell and this report contains material that some viewers may find confronting.
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Former Elite Swimmers Come Forward to Accuse Their Coach of Abusing Them as Boys | ABC News
In February, the Australian swimming community was rocked by the sudden death of Olympian Shane Lewis. Later in life, Lewis had raised allegations he had been sexually abused by an elite swimming coach while he was still in his early teens. Now other former swimmers are speaking out with their own allegations about the same…