#084 Yannick Agnel
Inside with Brett Hawke
English - September 23, 2020 11:56 - 1 hour - 94.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 140 ratingsSwimming Sports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 2012, Yannick Agnel dominated the 200 Free at the London Olympics. So when he abruptly retired at the age of 24, it was a shock to the swimming world. He left to pursue his other curiosities. Today, living in Paris, Yannick is the director for an esports academy, just finished his first novel, and will lead the French broadcasting team for Tokyo 2020.
Show Notes:
How do you have such great English? Can speak a little bit of everything.
"I don't like to study, I like to learn." - Yannick Agnel
Pre-2012.
Watching him in 2000, Ian Thorpe was his first memory of swimming.
Grew up in Nimes. Moved to Nice swim for Fabrice Pellerin.
What was training like? Swimming with music that would have specific tempos. "Technically speaking, I think it was one of the best squads in the world." - Yannick Agnel
Didn't start lifting weights and doing serious drylands until he was 16, 17.
Fabrice is a master technician -- the best in the world. We did stuff in France that nobody did back then. We swam on Sundays.
Coach-Athlete Relationship: it can bring great success but not enduring success.
Leading up to 2012 how were you mentally. Finding a balance between swimming and life by going to business school.
Beating Phelps in the 200 Free at the EDF meet in 2010. "I never let anyone beat me ever no matter what shape I'm in." - Michael Phelps
Arriving at the Olympics Yannick wasn't afraid. His training partners already prepared him and he knew his worth.
Anchoring the gold medal winning 4x100 Free Relay. "Relay Culture".
Fabien Gilot. Amaury Leveaux was our Dennis Rodman.
Using practice goggles at the Olympics prevented Agnel from seeing past Ryan Lochte.
Dropping the 400 Free made all the difference.
Camille Muffat.
Danas Rapšys.
Sun Yang.
And much more!
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