What is Gennadi Touretski?
{{Infobox Person |image=Guennadi Touretski Tenero.jpg | name = Gennadi Touretski | birth_name = Геннадий Геннадьевич Турецкий | birth_date = 17 July 1949<ref name=obit/> | birth_place = [[Leningrad]], [[USSR]] | death_date = 7 August 2020 (aged 71)<ref name=obit/> |death_cause = Stroke<ref name=obit/> |death_place = [[Switzerland]]<ref name=obit>[https://tass.ru/sport/9150881 Кроль Турецкого. Умер тренер четырехкратного олимпийского чемпиона Александра Попова]. tass.ru (8 August 2020)</ref> | nationality = USSR<br>(1949－1991)<br>[[Russia]]n<br>(1991－)<br>[[Australia]]n<br>(1996－) | occupation = Swimming coach | known_for = The coach of [[Alexander Popov (swimmer)|Alexander Popov]], [[Michael Klim]] and [[Ian Thorpe]] | children = [[Alexandra Touretski]], [[Svetlana Turetskaya]] }} '''Gennadi Gennadiyevich Touretski''' ({{lang-ru|Геннадий Геннадьевич Турецкий}}, 17 July 1949 – 7 August 2020) was a Russian swimming coach. He was best known for training multiple Olympic gold medalists [[Alexander Popov (swimmer)|Alexander Popov]] and [[Michael Klim]] through the 1990s to early 2000s at the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS). In 2011 he trained [[Ian Thorpe]] in Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/in-his-swimming-career-comeback-ian-thorpe-faces-crucial-stage/story-e6frfglf-1226180213839 In his swimming career comeback, Ian Thorpe faces critical stage]. heraldsun.com.au (29 October 2011).</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Touretski, Gennadi}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Russian sportspeople]] [[Category:Swimmers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}