Tag: Paulus Wildeboer
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Paulus Wildeboer passes away, 59 years old
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…
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Wildeboer: Our Olympic team was too inexperienced
Now former Danish head coach Paulus Wildeboer has some interesting comments in what Sporten.dk calls ‘his last interview with Danish media’, that the Danish team with the exception of Mie Ø. Nielsen is too old to last until Rio 2016, and that is most likely was lack of Olympic experience that limited the Danish swim…
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Wildeboer on Glæsner’s criticism: The results depend upon how the athlete decides to follow the program
Interesting interview here on SwimSwam with now former Danish head coach Paulus Wildeboer, following the criticism from Mads Glæsner, that Wildeboer should have ‘ruined his Olympics‘. Wildeboer disagrees, says Glæsner wasn’t prepared for altitude training, didn’t follow advice and therefore didn’t adapt properly. Although Glaesner was unhappy with his training leading into the Olympics Wildeboer believes…
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Wildeboer quits Danish swimming, next stop Australia
Former National Coach of Denmark Paulus Wildeboer has decided to resign also his job as head coach of the National Training Center in Copenhagen, to leave for Australia and a contract with Swimming Queensland and Australian Swimming until late 2016. The Danish Swimming Federation has been struggling with finding a replacement for him as national…
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Wildeboer now Danish NTC coach, national coach to be named later
As mentioned in May, the Danish Swimming Federation made a new 4-year contract with national coach Paulus Wildeboer, to (on his request) be ‘only’ head coach of the National Training Center (NTC), while another person would be appointed national head coach. Yesterday, the Danish Swimming Federation announced that until there is a solution to the national…
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CC photo #255: Wildeboer speaking at the Aqua Clinic 2012
Paulus Wildeboer, National Head Coach of Denmark, speaking at the Aqua Clinic 2012. Mostly about the London 2012 Olympics, and the challenges ahead.
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Danish swimmer Matthias Gydesen officially invited to the Olympics
The Danish Swimming Federation announced today that Mathias Gydesen has received the official invitation from FINA to compete at the London Olympics, expected as he was only 1 hundredth of a second from qualifying back in March. Gydesen comments: ‘Of course I am relieved that the final decision has arrived, even though I saw it…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen interviews Paulus Wildeboer and Larry Colley
Danish breaststroker Rikke Møller Pedersen interviewing ‘altitude dad’ Larry Colley and ‘NTC dad’ Paulus Wildeboer at altitude in Leadville. Here is a video from earlier featuring them and others, courtesy of 9News Setubal 10K ‘gate crasher‘ Oussama Mellouli was one of the ‘Danish’ at Leadville, just saying ;-)
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Danish swimmers on small bikes in Leadville
The Danish Olympic team going for a bike ride at 3000 meters altitude in Leadville, Colorado, judging by their faces very early in the morning. Paulus Wildeboer looking sceptical at the BMX-size bike that he got, and Bjarnason apparently giving up on the idea entirely :-)