Coaches

Claude Picard

Head coach
and performance and advanced groups

Holder of an advanced training diploma (level 4) from the Institut national des sports du Québec, Claude has been a swimming coach for over 35 years. He acted as assistant technical director of the Quebec Swimming Federation from 1999 to 2007 and as technical advisor in para swimming for Swimming/Natation Canada from 2008 to 2012. He was a member of the Canadian coaching team during the championships of world in para swimming from 2009 and 2010. Before joining Les Citadins, he was head coach of the Bluefins Beaconsfield Swimming Club from 2017 to 2022.

Ahmed Sayed

Assistant Head Coach
Group of masters, School and Civil

Polina Minatcheva

Coordinator and trainer
Mini-Citadins

Amanda Horton

Assistant coach
Dryland

Ella Osborne

Assistant coach

Laurie-Anne Carey

Assistant coach

Étienne Demers

Assistant coach

Steve Gumanenko

Assistant coach

Mark Pascal

Assistant coach

Anne Vaillancourt

Assistant coach

Alberto Moreno

Assistant coach