Arif Yilmaz

Name: Arif Yilmaz

Age: 28

I am a very enthusiastic person when it comes to sport, especially swimming as I was a competitive swimmer up until I was 19 years of age.

I am very dedicated when it comes to life as I believe that the more you put in to something, the more you will achieve. 

Punctuality is another must in my opinion as it leads to organisational skills. Timing is one of the most basic skills to learn in life. 

My experience in the sport of swimming starts at age 10, when I became a competitive swimmer. I learned a lot up until the age of 19 from a group of amazing coaches. In this time I competed abroad, was a national medalist, qualified for British Open at age 16/17, was on the regional and provincial squad from 15 up until 19.

I started my coaching career at age 16 when I started coaching the younger kids in the swim club. I also worked as a lifeguard at the pool from this time and taught all different age groups and abilities. 

Once I was 17 I started to coach a masters swim club in my area. I coached them until I was 24 and travelled to competitions that they attended like The World Masters Championships in London. They also competed in The European Championships. 

Parallel to my masters squad, I was training a lot less and took a great likeness to coaching and started coaching our senior squad swimmers in the club. I coached swimmers at a very high level, competing nationally and internationally. One of our swimmers was gold medalist at British Age Groups for 400m IM. 

With all this experience, I am confident in my abilities to help swimmers with technique and performance. I believe I would be a great asset to you, if you give me the chance. 

I can't explain my love for the sport and my willingness to keep learning and coaching.

I have certificates in the following:

Level 1 Aquatics - Swim Ireland

Level 2 Aquatics - Swim Ireland

Level 1 & 2 Coaching Aquatics - Swim Ireland

National Pool Lifeguard - Irish water Safety