COACHING ACHIEVMENTS:
Olympic Games:
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Swimmers: Chad Le Clos and Ethan Du Preez)
FINA World Championship:
19th FINA World Championship, Budapest, Hungary 2022 (Swimmer: Chad Le Clos)
World Aquatics Championships, Fukuoka 2023, Japan (Swimmers: Righardt Muller, Trinity Hearne)
Commonwealth Games:
XXII Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England 2022 (Swimmer: Trinity Hearne)
African Championship:
XV. CANA Senior African Championship Tunis, Tunisia 2022 (Swimmer: Trinity Hearne)
Youth Olympic Games:
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2018 (Swimmer: Ethan Du Preez)
Junior World Championship:
7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championship, Budapest, Hungary 2019 (Swimmer: Ethan Du Preez)
Junior Commonwealth Games:
VI Junior Commonwealth Games, Nassau, Bahamas 2017 (Swimmer: Jack Oliver)
South African National Champion Swimmers:
2021: Chad Le Clos (50, 100 & 200 Butterfly)
2022: Righardt Muller (1500 Free)
2023: Chad Le Clos (100 & 200 Butterfly and 100 Freestyle), Trinity Hearne (200 Butterfly), Righardt Muller (800 & 1500 Free)
2023 (SC): Trinity Hearne (200 Free, 100 & 200 Butterlfy, 200 & 400 IM), Righardt Müller (200, 800, 1500 Free)
Total medals won by swimmers at Western Province Champs: 280 of which 117 were Gold
Total medals won by swimmers at National Levels: 119 of which 60 were Gold;
Represented South Africa at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
Represented South Africa in Doha and Dubai FINA Airweave Swimming World Cups, November 2015 and in Hangzhou and Hong Kong FINA/HOSA Open Water Swimming World Cups, October 2016.
Head Coach to Ethan Du Preez – Olympic Swimmer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. South African National Age Group Record holder on 200m Butterfly in 2017,2018,2019,2020, 2021. Four time silver medallist at SA Nationals LC & SC 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023. Represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires 2018. Finalist in FINA World Junior Championship Budapest 2019. Ethan has achieved a personal best of 1.56:16 in the 200m Butterfly event.
Coach to Chad Le Clos, who joined Cybersmart Aquatics in May 2020.
EDUCATION & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
American Swimnig Coaches Association:
ASCA Level 1: Principels for Success (International)
ASCA Level 2: The Strokes School (International)
ASCA Level 3: Physiology and Analytics (International Senior)
ASCA Level 4: Leadership School (International Senior)
ASCA Level 5: Administration School (International Senior)
High Performance Coaches Education Program (English), ADEL (Anti-Doping Education and Learning)
Swimming South Africa Level 3 Coaching, August 2021
Swimming South Africa Level 1 Coaching, April 2012
Swimming South Africa LTS Instructor, April 2008
Senior Certificate, Csik Ferenc Primary School and High School (Sports High Performance Centre), 2001
Child Protection Act 2022
Children Safeguarding 2023
CPR and AED 2023
First Aid Level 1 2022
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Swimming South Africa
American Swimming Coaches Association
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