Jon Sieben inspired millions of Australians when he won the 200 Fly at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles defeating the Albatross from West Germany, Michael Gross.
He was coached by Joe King and then, "The Lunatic Laurie Lawrence".
Enjoy!
Support Our Sponsors:
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD LIVE: Stream your swim meet scoreboard in real time over top your live stream. Create an interactive heat sheet. Turn any tv into a digital scoreboard.
02:30 Intro
03:20 Impact on Australia
05:05 Why haven't I ever met you?
06:05 How'd it all start?
08:50 Meeting Laurie Lawrence
09:50 Training Partners
11:30 Heart Rate Bob
12:45 40x50's Fly
17:25 1984 Australian OT's
19:55 200 Fly at 1984 Olympics
24:30 Michael Gross
25:45 1985 Kobe Japan WUGs
27:25 Believing in your training
29:40 Taper
33:15 Australian Swimming
34:55 Breaking down the Race
41:00 Celebration
43:00 What the Olympics Are About
46:50 Mental Health Awareness
50:00 How to apply swimming to real life
53:30 Kids
54:15 Australian Water Polo
58:10 Duncan Armstrong
Connect:
Find | Brett Hawke
On Instagram @hawkebr
on Twitter @insidewithbh
On Facebook @insidewithbh
Find | Jon Sieben
Subscribe & Listen:
Produced by: SWIMNERD
Supported by: Fitter & Faster
Thumbnail Photo courtesy Hanson Media Group (Check out Hanso's episode 169)! Thank you, Hanso!
Photos at the end of the YouTube show courtesy of Maria Sieben, Jon's wife. Thank you Maria for sharing and making this happen!
