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, governing 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. 

 

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. 

Natasha. 

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.