OURCOACHES

 

NEMANJAČOLIĆ
Director of Performance and Coaching
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Bio:
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.  
Nemo is also an accomplished high performing RHAC swimmer himself, a few of his accomplishments are the following: Canadian Olympic Trials Finalist in 200m Breaststroke, member of Serbian National Team (Summer 2013), National Record holder in Serbia, Eastern Canada Championship Medalist in 200m Breaststroke, Ontario Provincial Champion in 100m and 200m Breaststroke, and a Canadian Senior National Finalist in 50m and 200m Breaststroke, and multiple club record holder for RHAC.  
Certifications:
NCCP Swimming Level 3 Trained
National Lifeguard Certified
Standard First Aid with CPR-C
Favourite stroke:
Coach Nemo’s favourite stroke is Breaststroke… if you couldn’t tell from his accolades.    
 
WAYNE ZHANG
Age Group Coach
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Bio:
Wayne brings to RHAC over 15 years of coaching experience, having recently coached for over 6 years at the Markham Aquatic Club, and for one year at the Aurora Ducks.
Wayne holds a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Education and will join RHAC in September 2022; under his leadership, swimmers have broken provincial and club records and ranked Top 10 in Canada for their age category.
Wayne values punctuality, ethics and hard work. His coaching objective is to develop leading-edge skill training, provide quality coaching and support to his swimmers, and to ensure that young athletes develop valuable skills and principles that they can apply both on and off the pool deck.
Certifications:
NCCP Swimming Level 2 Certified (level 3 in training)
National Lifeguard Certified
Standard First Aid with CPR-C
 
Fun fact:
Wayne is big Manchester United fan!
MAYUMI INOKI
Age Group Coach
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Bio:
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.
Mayumi kick-started her career as a certified coach with the HYACK Swim Club in New Westminster, where she coached for two seasons. With her second season as a certified coach shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, she chose to attend the Graduate School of Athletics and Coaching Science at the National Taiwan Sports University to further her knowledge about the field of sports coaching.

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.

Certifications:
NCCP Level 1
Fun fact:
Mayumi speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean; she enjoys learning new foreign languages and is currently studying French.
VICTORIA RADOUNSKI
Age Group Coach 
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Bio:

Victoria is a RHAC alumni and a graduate of University of Toronto; she trained and raced under the RHAC banner in our Senior National Group as a top sprinter, middle and long distance, and placed 6th at Summer Canadian National Championships in 2014.

 

Her swimming career might have started with RHAC but continued to great success as part of the well recognized UofT Varsity Blues Swim Team. Victoria is no stranger to hard work and disciplined approach to swimming, having trained for over 20 hours a week to achieve great results: silver and gold medalist at the Canadian University Championships, Ontario University Championships and Canadian Olympic Trial Finalist in 2016.

 

Victoria is a well-rounded individual on and off the swimming deck; her academic and athletic accomplishments (Sharon Guinness Athletic Scholarship, Ontario Award of Distinction and Varsity Blues Silver T-Holder) are testament to the fact that the discipline and hard work required to achieve athletic success are life skills, which can lead to the achievement of academic excellence as well. Victoria brings lots of swimming experience to our younger groups and has experience coaching athletes from lower age to masters swimming.

 

Certifications:

NCCP Swimming Level 1 (in progress)

NLS, Standard First Aid and CPR

 

Fun fact:
Victoria likes to solve puzzles and satisfies her problem-solving skills by being an avid software programmer. Drawing, learning new languages (currently French) and staying active by swimming and running are only some of her interests.

KIMIKO TANIISHI
Dryland Coach
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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-Level 2 Trainer

CF Gymnastics Certification

NCCP Swimming Level 1 

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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