Gary Vandermeulen

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Gary Vandermeulen (born June 19, 1965 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 26th position in the 400 m Freestyle, and in eighth place with the Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay Team.

Gary began his coaching career in 1995 with the Hanna Seals summer swim club in rural Alberta. He was a coach with the University of Calgary swim club from September 1995 to January 1998. The most successful swimmer of his coaching career has been international swimmer Alison Sheppard. Her 50 m Freestyle time of :24.68 at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 ranked her #1 in the world in that event.

He is currently the High Performance Swimming Coach for the Tayside & Fife Institute of Sport based at the University of Dundee in Scotland.

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