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  • Paulus Wildeboer passes away, 59 years old

    Paulus Wildeboer passes away, 59 years old

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    Yesterday evening the sad news were received that Paulus Wildeboer has died from prostate cancer. Paulus was father of Olaf and Aschwin Wildeboer, coaching in Spain for more than 25 years before becoming national head coach of Denmark, and then after London 2012 mentor coach of Swimming Queensland. A tough but excellent coach, he as…

  • Danish Trials Day 1 Prelims: Calm before the storm

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    Nothing special this morning at the Danish Trials, in the men’s 100 freestyle they had favorites Daniel Skaaning and Jakob Andkjær qualifying alongside guest swimmers Andrey Grechin (RUS), Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) and Olaf Wildeboer (NED), in the women’s 100 freestyle Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume and young gun Mie Ø. Nielsen, in the men’s 100 breaststroke…

  • Paulus Wildeboer on elite swimming training

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    Paulus Wildeboer, national coach of Denmark, describes here to local folks in high altitude Leadville how his Olympic swimmers train. That the old myth in his view is wrong, that ‘the harder you work, the better you become’. That it instead should be ‘the better you work, the better you become’, which doesn’t necessarily mean…