TEAM - Coaches

A unique background and expertise 

Coach

Clarence

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Clarence is a former professional volleyball player with strong rowing expertise (Suisse Romande Indoor Champion, 1000 m). She has a Sports Science degree and a PhD in Sports Science with a focus on athletes’ health. She has coached all levels of athletes across a range of sports. Clarence believes consistency and team work are the keys to sporting success. 

Clarence is Spanish and Swiss and is fluent in French, Spanish and English.

As extra "official info" Clarence's passion for sports is only equaled by her passion for Spanish ham! 

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Coach

Coralie

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Coralie is an international professional contemporary dancer and a certified yoga teacher, with both sports science and dancing conservatory degrees. She was placed second at the Suisse Romande Indoor Champions (team relay). She enjoys introducing yoga and physical training to beginners as well as coaching advanced students. With a particular passion for movement, Coralie integrates her knowledge as a dancer and yoga teacher in her classes to link it with rowing. Enthusiastic and energetic by nature, yoga is for her a way to centralize her energy and connect her mind to the present moment.

Coralie is Swiss and is fluent in French and English.

As extra "official info" Coralie has a secret love for being upside down... all the time and everywhere, you might see her balancing on her hands, arms or head! 

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Coach/Athlete

Loïc

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Loïc is an international indoor rowing athlete. He holds the official Concept2 heavyweight world record for 1 minute and 500m on slides. He won the silver medal for the 500m at the 2023 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Paris 2023. He also has multiple team relay titles including men 2k Indoor Rowing World Championships. Therefore, it is clear that to achieve that level, consistency and perseverance are some of his main values and motivations. He likes coaching advanced rowers as well as introducing rowing to beginners. With a passion for training methods, Loïc integrates his knowledge as a top level athlete to his classes. Strong and attentive, he uses specific tips to bring out the best in each person’s performance through rowing and the physical exercises. 

Loïc is Swiss and fluent in French and English.

As extra "official info", if Loïc is not rowing, you can find him at the Olympic Studies Centre of the International Olympic Committee, as he is combining his athlete and coaching career with an internship at the IOC.

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Coach

Maike

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Maike is a former Olympian. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and internationally for Namibia in the Womens Single scull (W1x) category from 2016 - 2021. She is currently working at World Rowing in the Development & Sustainability Department.

During her professional rowing career she experienced first-hand the importance of physical conditioning as a way to prevent injuries and also achieve the best performance.

Maike will help you to maximise your strengths and then apply them on the rower. She is kind and encouraging but she will test your limits so that you to improve your rowing technique and become the best version of yourself.

Maike is Namibian, she is fluent in English and German and is currently learning French. Allez Maike!

As extra “official info” Maike loves warm weather as she grew up in a country that has two deserts and where “winter” days still reached 20 degrees. We are proud of Maike for successfully surviving her first Swiss winter.

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Coach

Sherry