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Roger Bruce
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Roger Bruce is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020
David O'Brien and Tamara Bruce at the Rottnest Channel Swim finish with Roger Bruce, Tamara's father and coach
Roger Bruce is the father and coach of Tamara Bruce and an Australian swim coach at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
Roger Bruce is a renowned Australian pool and open water swimming coach.
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Coaching Career[edit]
- Bruce was an Australian swimming coach at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
- Bruce coached his daughter at the Rottnest Channel Swim where she set an overall record in the 19.7 km ocean swim in 1992 and the women's record in 1993, a record that still stands today.
Honours[edit]
Bruce was selected as an Australian Team Coach on numerous occasions including the: 2001 FINA World Championships, 2002 Yokohama Pan Pacific Championships, 2004 Athens Olympic Games, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the 2007 FINA World Championships and was honoured by Swimming Western Australia Hall of Fame in 2008.
Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Honourees[edit]
He is a member of the inaugural class of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honourees who were inducted on August 2020.
- Jennifer Anderson
- Lauren Arndt
- David Bates
- Clive Berry Rickards
- Kate Brookes-Peterson
- Roger Bruce
- Tamara Bruce
- Richard Campion
- Brendan Capell
- Graeme Carroll
- Cavill Family
- Melissa Cunningham
- William Ford
- Melissa Gorman
- Trent Grimsey
- Christopher Guesdon
- Susanne Guesdon
- Kevin Holtom
- Annette Kellerman
- Tracy Knowles
- John Koorey
- Susie Maroney OAM
- Chloë McCardel
- Linda McGill MBE
- Joseph Mitchell
- Lynton Mortensen
- David O'Brien OAM
- Penny Palfrey
- James Pittar
- Des Renford MBE
- Grant Robinson
- Rottnest Channel Swim Association
- Mark Saliba
- Josh Santacaterina
- Shelley Taylor-Smith
- Gary Toner
- Suzanne Toner
External links[edit]
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Roger Bruce
- Chris Guesdon Explains About The Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame On WOWSA Live
- Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class Of 2020
- Open Water Swimming
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Tamara Bruce Talks About Swimming Young And Fast On WOWSA Live
- Australia Hall of Fame
- Rottnest Channel Swim
- Rottnest Channel Swim Honour Board
- Five Or More Gets On Rottnest Channel Swim Honour Board
- David O'Brien Inducted In Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
