Andrew Baildon is a 2x Olympic swimmer (1988 & 1992) from Australia, making his first team at just 16 years old. In 1990 he won multiple gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, shooting him to stardom in Australia.

In 1996, along with his wife Karen, opened the Andrew Baildon Aquatic Centres. They now have 60 swim instructors teaching over 5,000 swim lessons a week in Queensland. 

Andrew is also currently on the Board of Directors at Swimming Australia. 

00:00 Intro

00:15 Destro Swim Towers

00:45 Swimnerd Virtual Scoreboard

01:16 Big Influence on Brett

02:00 Australian sprinting history

03:00 1988 First Olympic 50m

03:15 Matt Biondi

05:25 What was sprinting like in 1988?

10:35 Commonwealth Games Auckland

14:00 Be In The Moment

15:30 Denis Cotterell Hitchhiked to 1988 Trials

22:00 What Brett learned from Andrew

24:30 Losing his sister, Kate to breast cancer

25:40 Met wife Karen, created a swim school

28:30 What does it mean to be on the board of Swimming Australia?

29:30 Moving the sport forward

31:30 International Swimming League

32:30 Cody Simpson

34:45 COVID in Australia

37:00 His own kids swim

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