Meet our coaches
All of our coaches are qualified through the Masters Swimming Australia (MSA) Club Coach Accreditation Program. We have at least one coach on deck at every training session (except Saturday and Sunday mornings). Every year we are keen to train new coaches. Please contact us if you’d like to know more.
Swimming has always been an important part of David’s life. He competed as a Backstroker at a State and National level growing up. He also continued with his passion for swimming when he picked up coaching whilst at university, teaching competitive and Masters swimming in Australia and the UK.
David joined Wett Ones in 2024 and hasn’t looked back. He enjoys balancing fun with challenge in his sessions, supporting swimmers to achieve their goals.
David Monti
Federica has been a member of Wett Ones since moving to Australia in 2024, and started coaching in 2026. She has been swimming and racing since a young age, participating in Regional and International School championships across Europe.
Moving countries often as a child, swimming was a constant in Federica’s life, and always a great way of making new friends. Swimming is the same in every language!
Federica enjoys supporting swimmers with their individual goals and building a strong team culture in the pool, a nod to her Team Captain days as a teenager.
Federica Saletta
After a few false starts, Graeme really joined Wett Ones in 2020. But he has always swum. He loves the warm friendly nature of the club and tries to join for dinners, drinks or breakfasts as often as he can.
As he ages, he is moving more poolside to coaching rather than swimming as much as used to. A natural breast-stroker, he likes to see balance across his sessions.
Graeme Salt
Iemke joined the club in 2022 after making the move to Sydney, and hasn’t really looked back (except maybe to check his stroke). A late bloomer in the swimming world, he caught the bug around 2014 after discovering Australia’s incredible pools, and dove into ocean swimming once in Sydney.
After being warmly-welcomed by the Wett Ones members, Iemke couldn’t resist getting more involved. In 2025, he stepped in as coach, where he now enjoys pushing swimmers just out of their comfort zones - all in the name of sharper skills and faster laps.
Iemke Roos
Kim started learning to swim at a very young age, but picked up competitive swimming at age 10 after beating her squad training competitors at the school swimming carnival. Kim swam at a National level as a teenager, then took a decade and a half long hiatus until joining Wett Ones in 2024. Kim commenced coaching in Jan 2026, get ready for some high energy sessions!
Kim Currell
Marina has swum with the club for a few years, and in 2026 took the leap to become a coach. Marina brings years of previous coaching experience in Spain.
Marina de la Torre
Marko is a swimmer and a runner who has been with Wett Ones since early 2018. In 2019, Marko competed and won a NSW state championship in a 1500m fly. Marko's professional career is in education. Years of experience teaching and working as an educational designer in academia come in handy when Marko creates his swimming sets.
Marko Antic
Nathan started swimming at an early age and enjoyed racing at swimming carnivals. He swam at State and National level for Backstroke in his teens. Nathan joined the club in 2020 and immediately loved the social aspect of the sessions. In 2022, he started coaching and enjoys setting challenging sessions for the lanes he coaches.
Nathan Da Fonte
Oscar started swimming when he was 6 in Madrid, and he has been swimming ever since. In 2018, Oscar took his passion to a new level and started coaching. Swimming in the Wett Ones is more than a sport for him, it is a way to meet people, to exercise and to feel connected to the community.
Oscar Perez-Concha
Having been a member of the club for a while, Sally took the plunge and has been on deck coaching Wett Ones sessions since 2025.
Sally Barber
Santiago joined Wett Ones in 2021. He is driven to sports and outdoors activities e.g. cycling, running, hiking and swimming. As a social enthusiast, Santiago enjoys connecting and engaging with people, hence embarked on his coaching qualification journey in February 2023 with the objective of helping and enabling the club swimmers to achieve their goals.
Santiago Guisao
Vanessa has been a member of Wett Ones since late 1990 and been coaching since 2000. Vanessa holds silver licence and masters coaching accreditation. Vanessa has coached adults children and elite swimmers, including 3 para olympians and was awarded national coach of the year in 2002. Vanessa coaching philosophy is based upon personal achievement, inclusion and precision. Vanessa swims to stay fit and enjoys competing in ocean swims during the summer months.
Vanessa Smith
What matters to us
Wett Ones coaches are proud to be part of an openly LGBTIQIA+ Masters swimming club. As swimmers, we have gained something special from membership of a LGBTQIA+ swimming club. As coaches, our overarching goal is to enable others to gain that special experience.
The relationship between coaches and swimmers is a partnership. Coaches encourage swimmers to develop their skills and expand their appreciation of swimming within their specific goals, enjoy the process of training, and develop friendships within the club and the wider swimming community. Coaching is also a learning experience. We gain knowledge about different individuals and deepen our understanding of the importance of swimming. Fundamental to our passion is the love of swimming which we wish share with other swimmers.
We have different backgrounds and experiences, which lead to unique approaches to coaching. The rewards of coaching inevitably differ among individuals. We encourage swimmers to work with us and trust in the programs we set for them. We applaud the efforts made to work with our suggestions. We acknowledge and share the celebration with each swimmer as they develop their technique. We support the swimmers, physically, intellectually and emotionally. The complex role requires complex responses.
As coaches we want the swimmers to strive to refine and improve their swimming abilities and at the same time enjoy the sessions and companionship of other club members in what is a very special swimming club.