Champion swimmer Geoff Huegill finds perfect new career
<p>Olympic medallist Geoff Huegill has found a new career in the pool cleaning business, taking on the role of client manager for The Pool & Spa Whisperer, a premium swimming pool and spa service, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.</p>
<p>The swimming champion says he fell into what must be the perfect job for a retired swimmer.</p>
<p>“It’s been good, I’ve really enjoyed it because I’m not stuck in an office,” the Huegill told the Wentworth Courier.</p>
<p> “I’ve been around swimming pools for 35 years of my life so I understand filtration systems and pumps and backwashes and what’s not to love?” he said.</p>
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<p>“So for me I’ve fallen into the business by chance, but it’s always one of those things when you are asked how you got into it — especially with jobs that people didn’t expect — well, yes, I fell into the business but it’s something I’ve really enjoyed. It suits my personality to a tee.”</p>
<p>Huegill admits that people do get a shock sometimes when he walks into their backyard.</p>
<p>“Occasionally I rock up to people’s backyards and people do get that shock of ‘wow what are you doing here?’ But we work with a team of guys and a team of technicians that come and take the headache and the pain away for the real estate agent or the pool owner.”</p>
<p>His main role is working in with real estate agents, property managers and getting business.</p>
<p>Huegill, who has two daughters Milla, 5, and Gigi, 3, with his wife Sara, is also a swim coach and mentor at Cook & Phillip Aquatic Centre with his HBT Swim Academy.</p>
<p>Huegill won silver in the 4x100m medley relay and bronze in the 100m butterfly at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and made a comeback in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games to win gold in 4x100m medley relay and 100m butterfly.</p>
