Inside with Brett Hawke #183 Rob Woodhouse, GM of the London Roar
Rob Woodhouse won a Bronze medal in the Men's 400 IM at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
His sister, Susan, was also a pretty good swimmer. She married Ron McKeon (who swam in 80 & 84) and they had three children: Kaitlin, David, and Emma McKeon. Emma, of course, just became the most decorated Australian Olympian ever with her performance in Tokyo.
Rob is a super successful business man and sports agent. He sold his agency to TLA and still manages superstars including Adam Peaty.
For the last three years he has been the General Manager of the London Roar.
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00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Live from Scotland
04:30 GM of the London Roar
05:00 Adam Peaty not competing
06:45 Emma McKeon: Rob's niece
08:00 Rob Woodhouse Bio
10:55 400 IM Training
12:00 Alex Baumann
13:30 Ricardo Prado
14:25 Starting a sports agency
16:00 Making a living being an athlete
20:35 Competitive business
22:20 Contracts
29:25 Moving to Scotland
31:00 Brand fit
32:15 Selling the business twice
35:00 International Swimming League
39:30 Self Sufficient
40:45 Low viewership, COVID
44:50 ISL Draft
46:30 London Roar Academy
50:25 Athletes, coaches not being paid
53:35 Intl Swimmers Alliance
58:25 Steven Tigg, Head Coach
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