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Born: 16th May 1964
From: London, England
Education: Graduated UK equivalent of High School
Shenfield Technical School, Essex, UK.
Diploma in Sports Psychology 2001
Norfolk College, UK.
Employment History
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- 2004 – Present day
In December 2004 I joined the Italian national team Sinapsi. Sinapsi were placed 4th at the world championships in Croatia 2004. I speak Italian and have been an occasional resident in Italy over the past 10 years. This team is in training for the world championships in 2006, we won the Italian nationals in July 2005.
I have also been a player coach on another team based in the USA, with whom I will be competing at the US nationals in California in September.
- 2003 – 2004
Since 2003 I have been working as a self employed and contracted coach to a number of teams. I have been based at Skydive Deland, Florida.
- 1996 – 2003
Since 1996 I have been training as a member of the British Skydiving team. This was 8-10 month per year activity, sponsored by The British Sports Foundation and The British Parachute Association. The team made 800 training jumps per year. The team trained for the World Championships in France, September 2003. The team trains at Skydive Sebastian in Florida and competes in the Florida Skydiving league as well as National Skydiving League events.
During the summer months I returned to Europe to act as a coach for other skydiving teams. Over the past 7 years I have coached national teams from Norway, Sweden, England, Italy, Germany and from 2001 – 2004 I was the national coach for the Danish Squad.
- 1990 – 1995
I operated a parachute school that took English skydivers to the south of France and Spain, training them in a preferable climate than was available at home.
In 1991 the South African Parachute Association hosted me to initiate and train their instructors for the ‘Accelerated Free Fall’ program in their country,
In 1992 – 3, I ran a series of seminars in Italy for the Italian Parachute Federation, disseminating safety information and coaching existing instructors in advanced techniques.
- 1987 – 1990
Operated the UK’s 1st ‘Accelerated Free Fall’ school at Headcorn Airfield, Kent.
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| Family: Partner of 11 years, two daughters. |
| Competition Achievements: |
- UK national Champion; 1985, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02.
- Italian national 4 way champion 20005
- Attended every World Championship from 1985 – 2003.
- Highest placing at a World Meet: 1989 – 4th, 1999 – 4th, 2001 – 4th, 2003 - 4th.
- 3rd place at 1st Eastern European Cup 1991
- 3rd place at European Cup 1996
- 4th place at World Games in Lahti, Finland 1997
- 4th place at World Games in Akita, Japan 2001
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| Awards: |
- Royal Aero Club of Great Britain, Silver medal 1990 & 1999
- Honored by HM the Queen, for services to UK sport 1997
- BPA Certificate of merit, 1990, 1999, 2001
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| Skydiving Qualifications: |
- United States Parachute Association Instructor
- British Parachute Association Instructor
- Accelerated Free Fall Instructor/ Evaluator
- Tandem Instructor
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Other sports and Hobbies: Cycling, Surfing.
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