Australians are good swimmers... so how popular is swimming there? If you randomly pick someone from the street in Australia, how likely can he/she swim, or is a good swimmer?
My little curiosity :)
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Most Australians are at least mediocre swimmers, but there's still a large proportion who can't. One of Australia's most successful coach of olympic swimmers can't swim himself, if thrown in he'd need someone to rescue him. Masters swimming isn't anywhere near as big here especially in lower age groups(under-50). Most kids seem to quit swimming when they finish school and then only swim socially at the beach or in backyard pools...
David
Most Australians are at least mediocre swimmers, but there's still a large proportion who can't. One of Australia's most successful coach of olympic swimmers can't swim himself, if thrown in he'd need someone to rescue him. Masters swimming isn't anywhere near as big here especially in lower age groups(under-50). Most kids seem to quit swimming when they finish school and then only swim socially at the beach or in backyard pools...
David
