Our Coaches

 

Prateeti. Prateeti is passionate about growing the sport of synchronised swimming and making it more accessible to a broader range of people. She has experience in all aspects of the sport, including choreographing, judging, technical controlling, coaching, directing and administration. She was Artistic Swimming Victoria Junior figure champion three years in a row and represented Australia at the 2014 World Cup in Canada. In addition, Prateeti competed in the Masters category for a number of years at National championships and has done professional displays at private and public events. Throughout the years, Prateeti has attended World Aquatics run coach clinics, assistant coached overseas in two Florida based clubs and trained in other sports such as cheerleading and calisthenics to develop her knowledge. 

 

Prateeti works full-time in education research and has won various awards for her volunteer work in the sport: 2014 Artistic Swimming Victoria Roz Keeble Award, 2019 Maroondah City Council Young Citizen of the Year and the 2019 Victorian Premier's Volunteer Champions Impact Award.

 

 

Veronica. Veronica competed in Uruguayan National Synchronized Swimming Competitions for 10 years and in International Competitions for 8 years and participated in the South American Cup. From 2015-2022, Veronica worked at the Rocha Sports Center with her own Artistic Swimming School project as a trainer and coach. In 2016, 14 girls between 8 and 13 years old had been Federated. In 2021 Veronica started her career as an Aquatic Sports Technician at the University, and graduated as a Yoga Instructor. During all these years the institution continued to obtain several medals in solos, duets and teams both in the International Championship “Copa de España, Santiago de Chile” and in the National Championships.

In 2022, Veronica traveled to Australia to study the Certificate III in Fitness, and at the end of 2023 started the Swimming and Aquatic Safety Teacher Course. In 2024, Veronica completed the Level 1 Artistic Swimming Coach. Veronica also completed various World Aquatics run coach clinics throughout the years. 

In addition to artistic swimming, in 2004 and 2012, Veronica’s two children were born and she worked as a chef and manager of a restaurant. Veronica continues to work as a chef in Melbourne. 

Christine. Christine is an accomplished artistic swimming coach at the Eastern Sirens Club. With 14 years of experience as an athlete in Singapore, she showcased her talents as a member of the National Youth Team from 2014 to 2016 and the National Team from 2016 to 2021. Christine competed in prestigious events such as the FINA World Championships in 2017 and 2019 and secured a gold medal at the 2017 SEA Games. She has been imparting her expertise as a coach since 2019, guiding young athletes to achieve their full potential in artistic swimming.

Ruby. Ruby started synchronized swimming at age 13 following many years of dance. She competed at National Synchronized Swimming Competitions from 2009-2014. Synchro has allowed her to perform at many corporate events and feature in promotional material for MIMCO, a music video for Owl Eyes, and partake in an all night swim for White Night Melbourne. Ruby started coaching in 2015 to spread her love of the sport.