James Guy MBE From Olympic Medallist to Success Coaching

Olympic swimming Gold medallist and MBE, James Guy joins Allan on the podcast today. He’s here to tell his incredible life story, diversifying into coaching, and why having a competitive outlook from a young age set him up for success. James has achieved at the top level of his field and the advice he has to share can be taken by anyone and implemented in their own lives.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• At the Rio Olympics in 2016, James won silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay and a further silver in the 4x100m medley relay. He came fourth in the individual 200m freestyle event.
• At the Tokyo Olympics, James swam the second leg in the final of the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, and won his first Olympic gold in a time of 6:58.58 seconds. He then won a second gold, swimming the butterfly leg in the mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, and set a world record time of 3:37.58 seconds.
• James was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.
• James’ drive to succeed was helped by advice he was given by his father, if you want to be the best in the world then you have to be the best trainer in the world. He never allowed himself to have a bad session or an off day in training, it was always 100% effort as a minimum.
• A great message to any young sports people out there is that your sporting career won’t last forever, so investing time and effort in your education is still vital. James had such a busy workload as a teenager but he had great teachers who he could ask for help and who knew his studying time was limited.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I was so competitive, no matter what I did’

‘Sometimes you have to put your work before your sporting career’

‘You have to put in the miles or you’re not going to get any better’

‘My parents risked a lot for me, but it paid off’

‘Beating Michael Phelps, the best in the world. That was special’

EPISODE RESOURCES

James Guy MBE (@james.g.guy) • Instagram photos and videos

James Guy Performance Coaching

ABOUT THE GUEST

James Guy MBE is an English swimmer known for his expertise in freestyle and butterfly events. He has achieved remarkable success, winning gold medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, and Commonwealth Games.

Notably, Guy gained international recognition by securing two gold medals at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in the 200-metre freestyle and 4x200-metre freestyle relay. He continued his impressive performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, earning silver medals in the 4x200m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay. He also contributed to Great Britain's victories in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2017 World Championships and the 4x100m medley relay at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

As a Commonwealth Games and seven-time European champion in various relay events, Guy excels in the 4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle, and butterfly legs of 4x100m medley relays. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, he clinched two Olympic titles: the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay and the inaugural mixed medley relay, further cementing his legacy as an outstanding swimmer.

ABOUT THE HOST
Allan Harding

I’ve had an amazing career through to setting up my own businesses. It's time I gave that back to help other people achieve where they want to be in life. Through my learnings and those of the guests I have on the podcast I hope you find what you are looking for. I am certainly learning with every conversation that I have.From Art to finance, IT to Music, Some of my guests have led extraordinary lives and you can too. These recordings are unscripted and a natural conversation that explores peoples inner beings!

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