Yannick Tregaro
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Yannick Tregaro (born 26 March 1978 in Gunnared Sweden) is a Swedish athletics trainer. Tregaro was a high jumper who made the world junior high jump finals. When his (and Christian Olsson's) coach Viljo Nousiainen died in 1999, he became the coach of Christian Olsson who was then a prospective champion in the Triple jump.
Olsson first achieved prominence as an athlete when he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton. Tregaro coached Olsson to a gold medal in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris leading to Olsson winning the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy for 2003.
In 2004, Tregaro coached Olsson to a gold medal in the Triple Jump at the Athens Olympics. Earlier that year, Olsson equalled world indoor record in winning a gold medal at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Athletics. Olsson's feats lead him to win the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year for a second successive year.
Since the autumn of 2003 Tregaro also coaches Swedish high jumper Kajsa Bergqvist who earlier that year won a gold medal in the high jump at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Bergqvist tore her achilles tendon in July 2004 making her ineligible for the Athens Olympics. She made a comeback to win a gold medal in the high jump at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. Tregaro also coaches girlfriend Emma Green who was a bronze medalist in the high jump at the same event, thus making him one of the most successful coaches in athletics today.
