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OLYMPICS
Since 1998, Center of Balance director Tom McCook has been working with World-Class swimmers to support their health and fitness, enhance their functional movement and
help improve their performance in the water. From 1998 to 2003, Tom was a conditioning coach for the Stanford Women's Swim Team under Coach Richard Quick. For over 2 years leading up to and during the 2000
Sydney Olympics, Tom trained Olympic gold medal swimmers Misty Hyman and Jenny Thompson, the most decorated US Olympian in history. For the past 5 years, Tom has been working intensively with Olympic gold
medalist Natalie Coughlin on exercise techniques and programs to support her swimming. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Natalie earned 5 medals. She's poised to take home several medals this Summer in Beijing -
Go Team! |
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Tom McCook with Olympic swimmer
Natalie Coughlin in July 2008 |
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Go Natalie!
Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Natalie Coughlin is part of the US Olympic Team competing
in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. For the past 5 years, Natalie has been working with Tom McCook at Center of Balance on functional movement and exercises to support her training in the
pool. She won 5 medals in the 2004 Olympics, the most earned by any US female athlete in the Athens Games. In Beijing, she is scheduled to compete in the 100M backstroke (current world-record
holder), 100M freestyle (current American-record holder), and 200M IM former American-record holder). She'll also be part of relay teams. We'll be cheering for Natalie and the whole US Olympic
Team at the Games!
Click Here for Olympic Schedule & Results Click Here for Natalie's Swim Blog |
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Congratulations to swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who earned 5 Olympic medals in Athens - the most medals won in the Athens Olympics
by a US woman! GOLD in the 100 Backstroke,
GOLD in the 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay, SILVER in the 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay, SILVER in the 4 x 100 Medley Relay and BRONZE
in the 100 Freestyle. As the US Olympic team competed in Athens at the 2004 Summer Games, we've enthusiastically cheered for all of the athletes, especially swimmers Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson. Tom McCook has been intensively working with Natalie in preparation for Athens and trained Jenny Thompson for the Sydney 2000 Games.
Click Here for Olympic Results |
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Hats off to 4-time Olympian Jenny Thompson who earned 2 Olympic medals in Athens to become the most decorated US Olympian in history!
SILVER in the 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay and
SILVER
in the 4 x 100 Medley Relay. From 1998 to 2000, Tom worked with Jenny and Gold medal swimmer Misty Hyman in preparation for the Sydney Games. Jenny took home 3 Golds and a Bronze, while Misty's historical swim in the 200 Butterfly earned her Gold. During the Games, we kept a photo journal of events - Click the photo to read our behind-the-scenes updates!
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