BILL SWEETENHAM

Bill (William) Sweetenham was born in 1950 in Australia and grew up in a small country mining town. He swam competitively for a short period before turning to coaching at an early age. Bill progressed from country to city, to elite level coaching. Bill was made a Member of the Order of Australia in January 1989. He was also awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1980 to study swim coaching in the USA... Bill managed to overcome extreme adversity, following a near-death automobile accident in Germany in 1983.

Primary location: Paradise Australia