UNITED KINGDOM - Rhian Manley

I have been ocean swim coaching as Devon Sea Swim for 4 years and open water swimming since 2000, but my swim and ocean journey started well before that. As a teenager I won national titles and British silver medals as a sprinter. Yacht sailing became a passion after university, along with surfing, and both took me travelling recreationally round the world. My ocean swimming and distance swim challenges started when I worked in New Zealand and included being part of a team that came second in the competitive 45km Lake Taupo relay race. I now live in Devon and am growing my own team of ocean swimmers. I have trained swimmers who have successfully completed 2 UltraSwim 33.3 events, numerous swimmers for the Dart 10k and the Hurly Burly 10k, and one swimmer who this year completed a non stop 24km swim round Torbay. My coaching emphasis is getting swimmers to feel confident in the water, to understand how they move in the water and how the water moves them. Rhian offers sea swim coaching sessions from introductions to safe sea swimming right through to distance building coastal swims. Video analysis and sea swim confidence building sessions also available.