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Bolles at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Follow the day-to-day action of pre-Olympics training and at the Olympic Games from the perspective of the Bolles swimming coaches and athletes by visiting their blog HERE.
Swimmers with Bolles ties have competed at every Summer Olympics since 1972, with a total of 76 Bolles students and alumni competing for 26 different countries through the 2004 games. Ten of these swimmers have won a total of 13 gold, silver, or bronze medals.
Bolles' presence at the Olympic Games continues in 2008 as student-athletes, coaches, and alumni will take to the pool in Beijing, China, as the swimming competition begins August 9. The following swimmers and coaches with Bolles ties will be participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics. The following list may not be comprehensive and other names may be added as learned.
Coach, Country
Current Bolles Head Coach Sergio Lopez - Head Coach, Netherlands Antilles
Current Bolles Assistant Coach Jason Calanog - Assistant Coach, Philippines
Former Bolles Head Coach Gregg Troy - Assistant Coach, United States Men
Anthony Nesty '87 - Coach, Suriname
Athlete, Country
Ryan Arabejo '09 - Philippines
Danielle Beaubrun '09 - St. Lucia
George Bovell '02 - Trinidad and Tobago
Nicholas Bovell '04 - Trinidad and Tobago
Anja Carman '04 - Slovenia
Daniel Coakly (Bolles Sharks) - Philippines
Rodion Davelaar '08 - Netherlands Antilles
Shaune Fraser '06 - Cayman Islands
Omar Pinzon (Bolles Sharks) - Colombia
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or '08 - Israel
Yi Ting Siow '05 - Malaysia
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace '08 - Bahamas
In addition, Bolles swimming alumnus and current assistant coach Christian Bahr '93 will be working behind-the-scenes of NBC's Olympic swimming coverage, assisting commentators Rowdy Gaines and Dan Hicks.