The woman who talked Thorpie out of the pool 1 All-round Country Edition

Just a month ago, [Ian Thorpe] went to life coach [Deidre Anderson] on the recommendation of another Australian swimming great, Shane Gould. It was Gould who shocked the nation when she retired from swimming at just 16, a year after blitzing the 1972 Munich Olympics. While Gould struggled with retir...

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Published inThe Australian (Canberra, A.C.T.)
Main Author Nick Leys, Nicole Jeffrey, Additional reporting: Victoria Laurie
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canberra, A.C.T Nationwide News Pty Ltd 22.11.2006
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Anderson, Deidre
Gould, Shane
Thorpe, Ian
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Summary:Just a month ago, [Ian Thorpe] went to life coach [Deidre Anderson] on the recommendation of another Australian swimming great, Shane Gould. It was Gould who shocked the nation when she retired from swimming at just 16, a year after blitzing the 1972 Munich Olympics. While Gould struggled with retirement and has at times voiced the opinion that she left the pool too early, Anderson said she couldn't see Thorpe suffering the same anxieties. Gould told The Australian that Anderson was helpful to her -- "she understood what I was going through" -- and that she had contacted her out of concern for Thorpe.
ISSN:1038-8761