OURCOACHES
Nemanja Čolić
Director of Performance and Coaching
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Coach Nemo brings a wealth of experience to the club with having coached competitive swimmers since 2006. His passion for swimming has lead him to become a dynamic coach who strives to bring out the best in each athlete that he has the pleasure of coaching.
NCCP Swimming Level 2
National Lifeguard Certified
Standard First Aid with CPR-C
Coach Nemo’s favourite stroke is Breaststroke… if you couldn’t tell from his accolades.
Siham Moussaddaq has more than 7 years of coaching experience; and has been a professional swimmer for 11 years. She enjoys leading a team as well as challenging and supporting staff and swimmers to be the best they can be. Siham believes that it is the success of every swimmer that makes her job as a coach for Richmond Hill Aquatic Club a rewarding one.
Certifications:
NCCP Swimming Level 2
National Lifeguard Certified
Standard First Aid with CPR-C
Adrian was born in Passaic, New Jersey USA and lived a good portion of his youth in Jacksonville Florida. He naturally grew to love the water and started taking his first swim lessons in a YMCA facility. There he competed in his first few swim meets and continued his pursuit of performance when he moved up to Canada in 2005. Since than he committed 11 years of competitive swimming with 9 of them in RHAC. Adrian has competed in a wide range of meets with 2012 Olympic Trials being his highest level. In transition of his retirement, he took up coaching in 2014 as well as powerlifting at the same time.
NCCP Swimming Level 1
NCCP “Mental Health in Sport”, “Safe Sport Training”, “Making Head Way in Sport”
National Lifeguard Certified
Standard First Aid with CPR-C
Fun fact:
Little known fact about Adrian is that although his most competitive stroke was Back Stroke, he loves Butterfly the most. “There is nothing like swimming fast fly because well… you feel like you’re literally flying.”
Roxana Danilov
Gary has more than 5 years of coaching experience, and has swam for RHAC for almost 10 years. He enjoys challenging our youngest swimmers during practices and leading our youngest groups. Gary believes in his development of young swimmers, he creates athletes who train to compete and love the sport. Outside of competitive swimming, Gary has coached “mom and tots” programs and all the way up to Masters programs. Currently Gary is also pursuing his Business Administration-Financial Planning Diploma at Seneca College.
Outside of swimming Gary enjoys weightlifting, hiking, and basketball.
Mayumi Inoki
Mayumi learned to swim before she could walk, according to her father who is also a swimming coach. By age 8 she was swimming competitively, competing in both the pool and in open water aquathlons. However, before she even started swimming competitively, she was the coach’s mini-me with a stopwatch and a clipboard.
Aside from swimming, Mayumi enjoys various sports including ball hockey and was the captain of her high school ball hockey team. While both swimming and ball hockey are tough sports, swimming can be a very lonely one. Mayumi understands from firsthand experience that sometimes it’s hard to grind through those early morning swim practices without the support of family, friends, teammates, and coaches, which is why Mayumi wants to be the coach who motivates swimmers to keep swimming. She is looking forward to working with all the coaches, swimmers, and parents at RHAC to all swimmers achieve their goals.
Kimiko Taniishi
Bio:
Kimiko grew up as a competitive Volleyball player in Ontario, and maintained touch with her love for being in the water by taking up Life Saving as a teen. In 2012 she discovered her passion for Olympic Weightlifting and competitive CrossFit; most recently she qualified and competed at the 2019 CF Sanctional in Milan Italy (Individual Elite Women). As a Strength and Conditioning Coach of 6 years for competitive athletes of various sporting backgrounds, she looks to share her love for training and to help guide RHAC athletes in becoming the best they can be.
Certifications:
CF-L1 Trainer
CF Gymnastics Certification
NCCP Swimming Level 1 (May 24 2022)
NCCP’s “Mental Health In Sport” and “Coaching Athletes with a Disability”
Standard First Aid and CPR
Fun fact:
Kimiko's favourite stroke is freestyle…but only with a pull buoy.
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