Grant Stoelwinder
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Grant Stoelwinder was Head Coach of the West Coast Swimming Club in Western Australia
, working out of Challenge Stadium
in Mount Claremont, Perth
since 1997. Mel Tantrum, Grants Assistant Coach for many years is now the new Head Coach of West Coast Swimming Club.
Grant is now the Head Coach at SOPAC (Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. His own career as a successful swimmer and National Gold Medalist and later as a coach working under Lyn Mackenzie, a former Olympic swimmer herself, has given Grant the experience and skill to provide a carefully structured program to enable his swimmers for success.
Grant's team has had considerable success in Australian swimming with many representatives on State and National teams, as well as four swimmers at the Athens Olympics in 2004
. This success has led to Grant being named WA Coach of the Year every year since 2004 and with his head coach, Mel Tantrum he reached the first place club point score at the Australian Age Swimming Championships in 2007.
Grant is also coach for the current World's Fastest 50m & 100m swimmer, Eamon Sullivan
. With Grant's guidance and his specific high intensity program for sprints, Eamon has increased his success in the pool over the last year. At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships held at the Australian Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, Eamon broke the long standing record of Alexander Popov for this swim twice, with a final time of 21.28 seconds. According to Grant, this was a 'perfect swim'. Eamon attributes his faster swim to a 'few words' from Grant.
Grant joined the procession of handshaking with the swimming luminaries during the highlights of Australian Olympic 2008 Beijing Swim Team on the final night of these selection trials with the team successfuls.
Following the Olympics, Stoelwinder moved to Sydney
to become the head coach at the New South Wales Institute of Sport. He was joined by Sullivan and Libby Trickett, the world record holder in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, who has moved from Brisbane
. A few short weeks later, 100m Butterfly 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist Andrew Lauterstein joined the team in which shapes up to be a very powerful swimming team.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, working out of Challenge Stadium
Challenge Stadium
Challenge Stadium is a sports complex in the suburb of Mount Claremont, west of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was opened in 1986 and is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The main indoor arena holds 4,500 people...
in Mount Claremont, Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
since 1997. Mel Tantrum, Grants Assistant Coach for many years is now the new Head Coach of West Coast Swimming Club.
Grant is now the Head Coach at SOPAC (Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. His own career as a successful swimmer and National Gold Medalist and later as a coach working under Lyn Mackenzie, a former Olympic swimmer herself, has given Grant the experience and skill to provide a carefully structured program to enable his swimmers for success.
Grant's team has had considerable success in Australian swimming with many representatives on State and National teams, as well as four swimmers at the Athens Olympics in 2004
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
. This success has led to Grant being named WA Coach of the Year every year since 2004 and with his head coach, Mel Tantrum he reached the first place club point score at the Australian Age Swimming Championships in 2007.
Grant is also coach for the current World's Fastest 50m & 100m swimmer, Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...
. With Grant's guidance and his specific high intensity program for sprints, Eamon has increased his success in the pool over the last year. At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships held at the Australian Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, Eamon broke the long standing record of Alexander Popov for this swim twice, with a final time of 21.28 seconds. According to Grant, this was a 'perfect swim'. Eamon attributes his faster swim to a 'few words' from Grant.
Grant joined the procession of handshaking with the swimming luminaries during the highlights of Australian Olympic 2008 Beijing Swim Team on the final night of these selection trials with the team successfuls.
Following the Olympics, Stoelwinder moved to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
to become the head coach at the New South Wales Institute of Sport. He was joined by Sullivan and Libby Trickett, the world record holder in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, who has moved from Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
. A few short weeks later, 100m Butterfly 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist Andrew Lauterstein joined the team in which shapes up to be a very powerful swimming team.