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The Story of Jürgen Grobler: The most successful Olympic coach of all time

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By: Hugh Matheson, Christopher Dodd
Narrated by: Joseph Tweedale
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Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history.

Shortlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards.

Jurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight. Over the last 20 years he has masterminded British Rowing’s incomparable success. And when the difference between gold and silver can mean mere fractions of a second, Jurgen Grobler has consistently delivered Olympic gold through various boat classes and with an ever-changing group of athletes.

Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history, Grobler’s unparalleled record outstrips many much better known records and stories; building champions such as Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell to name but few.

This authoritative account of Grobler’s career straddles the Iron Curtain, beginning in the German Democratic Republic, where systemic state-funded doping was an open secret, before crossing to Britain following the fall of the Berlin Wall. And whilst culture and sport have shifted dramatically over the last half century, Grobler’s pursuit of greatness has never faltered.

Written by Olympic medallist, Hugh Matheson, and rowing historian, Christopher Dodd, More Power is the unmissable story of one man’s quest for glory, and sets out to unlock the secrets of Jurgen Grobler: the finest coach Olympic sport has ever seen.

©2018 Hugh Matheson and Christopher Dodd (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
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Interesting enough, too many mispronunciations

Overall, an interesting story for those interested in GB rowing and Jürgen's influence on it. Sadly, Jürgen did not wish to collaborate with the authors and it shows, it appears to only reference publicly available information and does not offer any meaningful insights into this incredible person. Much of the information was familiar to me, having watched Gold Fever, read autobiographies of rowing stars, and followed many Olympic and World Championship rowing events. Consequently, I was left disappointed from a knowledge perspective.
The real issue here was the chosen narrator. How could no one in the publishing chain notice that he mispronounced the names of people, places, and brands? If you played a drinking game every time he said 'Lucerne' wrong, you'd have passed out by the end. Even Jürgen's name didn't get proper attention and was mispronounced at least once, while Matthew Pinsent's name was only pronounced correctly about 30% of the time—the rest of the time, it was 'Pinsett'. It was so distracting that I will be avoiding audiobooks narrated by him.

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