Claire Scheffel

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Claire brings elite international experience to the Olympium coaching staff, having represented Canada at the Olympic Games as well as four World Championships and several World Cup events during her four years on the national team. Her deep understanding of high-performance artistic swimming comes from competing at the highest levels of the sport.

Beyond her competitive career, Claire has contributed to the development of Ontario’s next generation of athletes by serving as a guest coach at provincial training camps. She currently serves on an athlete board with Canadian Artistic Swimming, where she represents and advocates for Ontario athletes.

Claire’s connection to Olympium runs deep—she was coached by HP Director Steph when she was 10 years old. Now back at Olympium, Claire is excited to share her knowledge and experience with the next generation of swimmers, bringing her passion for the sport full circle.

Rachel Enns

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Rachel is homegrown Olympium, having swam her way through recreational, pre-comp, provincial and HP. She’s spent the last few years in Ottawa coaching & swimming for both Nepean and Carleton University, alongside finishing her undergrad. She’s excited to be back with the Olympium family, and is looking forward to a fantastic season working alongside Cara and the rest of the coaching team.

Stephanie Breitigam

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Steph_pic-300x215High Performance Program lead and High Performance Coach

Stephanie first started coaching in 2001. Since then, she has coached a wide range of levels and age groups at various clubs throughout the province. In 2004, she initiated and developed the re-establishment of the Trent University Synchro Team, and competed with the team. She was the head coach of the Brant Synchro club for 3 years, and has been involved in multiple Synchro Ontario High Performance Camps. In 2013, Stephanie spent the summer developing a synchro camp, along with regular season programming for athletes on the island of Curacao. She is a provincial level judge, and continues to compete in the sport at the Masters level. She has attended 5 Fina Master’s World Championships over the years.

Steph continues to be involved in both the morning and evening programs. She will be coaching all HP programs along side our other HP coaches this season.

 

Amy Bush

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Head Coach, OSSC

Amy has been coaching for 17 years, and has been coaching with the Olympium Artistic Swimming Club since 2008. Amy was named Head Coach in September 2021. Over the last 13 years, Amy has coached in both our High Performance and Competitive programs with the Junior and 12U athletes.
Amy began her synchro in Peterborough, Ontario with the Kawartha-Trent Synchro Club (KTSC). She moved to the Olympium Synchronized Swimming Club in 1994, and competed until 2004. Amy is a former Junior and Senior National Team member with the Canadian Team. She competed at 14 National Championships and 15+ International competitions including Junior World Championships (1995), two World Championships (2001 and 2003), World Cup (2002), and Pan Am Games (2003). Amy retired from competition in 2004.
At the volunteer level, Amy served as the Athlete’s Representative on the Ontario Artistic Swimming’s Board of Director’s from 2004 to 2012.
In June 2015, for her outstanding athletic achievements in the sport, Amy was inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame as one of six new inductees for 2015.
Amy can be reached at headcoach@olympiumartswim.ca.