Thursday, January 29, 2009

FILLIOL NAMED AS GB HEAD COACH

Heather Williams and Joel Filliol announced as British Triathlon’s Performance Director and Head Coach
29th January 2009

After a world wide search to find a leading international coach with a proven track record of success, Canadian Joel Filliol has been appointed as the new Head Coach and will provide support to athletes and coaches identified in the Olympic Podium and Academy Squads to convert them into medal winners.

Filliol is one of the world’s most experienced and successful triathlon individuals having been involved in the sport since 1989, both as an athlete and a coach. He has worked for Triathlon Canada since the 2002 Commonwealth Games and was their Senior High Performance Coach during the 2008 Olympiad. He was also the personal coach of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist Simon Whitfield.

Full article here.

You can read Joel's farewell message here.





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