Australian Deaf Swimming Team
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Four members of Australian Deaf Swimming Team have been selected to represent Australia at the 23rd Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey in July.
The Deaflympics are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the quadrennial competition for deaf athletes.
In the past, the Australian Sports Commission has also provided one-off grants to send teams to the Deaflympics, but they have decided not to provide funding for this event.
Due to lack of financial support from the Australian Government, the cost to train and attend this international event is carried by the athletes alone.
The full cost for each athlete is $5400 plus covering the cost of a coach at the Deaflympics.
We would like to raise at least $4000 to divide between all team members to contribute the cost of attending the Deaflympics.
The amount donated beyond this target will be greatly appreciated and will further take stress of costs away from athletes in addition to other fundraisers that have been held.
The four Australian Deaf Swimming team representatives:
Alex Kirchner
Age: 14
Hometown: VIC
Team/Club: Nunawading Swimming Club
Favorite Stroke: Backstroke and Freestyle
Hannah Britton
Age: 23
Hometown: VIC
Team/Club: Surrey Park Swimming Club
Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Interest: Travelling, photography and Health Sciences
Monique Beckwith
Age: 19
Hometown: VIC
Team/Club: MLC Aquatics
Favorite Stroke: Backstroke and Freestyle
Henry Hughes
Age: 13
Hometown: NSW
Team/Club: City of Sydney Aquatic Club
Favorite Stroke: Butterfly
Interest: Politics, history, shakespeare and astronomy
Coach Mel Klamt
Mel is a Silver Licence coach who has successfully coached swimmers to Australian Age and Open National, and State Age and Open Championship standards. Mel has had success at the Australian Age Championships and Australian SC Championships as well as coaching swimmers to compete internationally at the Maccabi Games (Tel Aviv 2009), World Dwarf Games (Belfast 2009) and the Australian Youth Paralympics Games (2009). Mel attended the World Deaf Swimming Championships (San Antonio, Texas 2015) as the Australian Team Coach. Mel has also been involved with the Swimming Victoria Development Program as Junior Development Squad Assistant Coach (07/08), Target 2012 Bronze Squad Assistant Coach (09/10), Multi-class Development Squad Scholarship Coach (10/11) and Open Water Squad Coach (2014).
Mel has completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and in 2016 completed her PhD.
For those of you who have already donated, thank-you for all your support! For those of you who have yet to donate, please donate and support our team in achieving our dreams!
GO AUSTRALIA!
The Deaflympics are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the quadrennial competition for deaf athletes.
In the past, the Australian Sports Commission has also provided one-off grants to send teams to the Deaflympics, but they have decided not to provide funding for this event.
Due to lack of financial support from the Australian Government, the cost to train and attend this international event is carried by the athletes alone.
The full cost for each athlete is $5400 plus covering the cost of a coach at the Deaflympics.
We would like to raise at least $4000 to divide between all team members to contribute the cost of attending the Deaflympics.
The amount donated beyond this target will be greatly appreciated and will further take stress of costs away from athletes in addition to other fundraisers that have been held.
The four Australian Deaf Swimming team representatives:
Alex Kirchner Age: 14
Hometown: VIC
Team/Club: Nunawading Swimming Club
Favorite Stroke: Backstroke and Freestyle
Hannah BrittonAge: 23
Hometown: VIC
Team/Club: Surrey Park Swimming Club
Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke
Interest: Travelling, photography and Health Sciences
Monique Beckwith Age: 19
Hometown: VIC
Team/Club: MLC Aquatics
Favorite Stroke: Backstroke and Freestyle
Henry HughesAge: 13
Hometown: NSW
Team/Club: City of Sydney Aquatic Club
Favorite Stroke: Butterfly
Interest: Politics, history, shakespeare and astronomy
Coach Mel KlamtMel is a Silver Licence coach who has successfully coached swimmers to Australian Age and Open National, and State Age and Open Championship standards. Mel has had success at the Australian Age Championships and Australian SC Championships as well as coaching swimmers to compete internationally at the Maccabi Games (Tel Aviv 2009), World Dwarf Games (Belfast 2009) and the Australian Youth Paralympics Games (2009). Mel attended the World Deaf Swimming Championships (San Antonio, Texas 2015) as the Australian Team Coach. Mel has also been involved with the Swimming Victoria Development Program as Junior Development Squad Assistant Coach (07/08), Target 2012 Bronze Squad Assistant Coach (09/10), Multi-class Development Squad Scholarship Coach (10/11) and Open Water Squad Coach (2014).
Mel has completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and in 2016 completed her PhD.
For those of you who have already donated, thank-you for all your support! For those of you who have yet to donate, please donate and support our team in achieving our dreams!
GO AUSTRALIA!
Organizer
Hannah Britton
Organizer
Heathwood VIC
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