All our coaches have competed at a professional level, either as a swimmer, triathlete or coach. They have many years of experience and knowledge at their disposal. Founder Johan Kenkhuis is an Olympic swimming medaillist.
Meet our team below. Are you interested in personal training, but don't know which coach suits you? Then contact us:
As a true breaststroke specialist, Loes competed in the European championships and became national champion and Dutch record holder in the 200 meter breaststroke. Loes has broad experience in coaching, triathletes as well as amateur swimmers. Besides coaching she also teaches kids in preliminary school.
SwimGym founder and two time Olympian Johan won a silver and bronze medal in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. He is a freestyle specialist and nowadays also commentator for the Dutch broadcasting during international swimming championships.
Jelle is a very experienced coach and personal trainer, both in swimming as fitness. He has a background in waterpolo where he coached on national level. His enthousiasme for training motivates his swimmers every time they come in and train.
Noah has a background as a competitive athlete in long-distance events at top national level. As a psychology student, he loves to help people overcome both mental and physical barriers on their way of improving their swimming regardless of level or age. He loves to strike the right balance between making you enjoy swimming, while also challenging you to improve technique, endurance, and speed.
A true allrounder with a international swimming career in medley swimming and breaststroke. Sébas held the Dutch national record on the 200 breaststroke for many years and is known for putting in the work every time he hits the pool. He likes to challenge his swimmers to put in the effort in every training to get the most out of your swim.
As coach of the youngest Dutch national champion swimmers, Dennis knows exactly how to coach and improve the technique for swimmers of all levels. In 2018 Dennis competed at the Dutch National Championships himself, and, on top of that, he is now a certified personal trainer!
Michael’s biggest dream was to be a swimcoach and at the SwimGym this passion shines through. Michael is an experienced triathlete himself (he has done two Iron Man’s) and is the clubcoach in Hoofddorp. Are you planning on doing a triathlon? Personal training with Michael will certainly give you an advantage!
Roy is an enthusiastic trainer with a passion for the sport of swimming, which he tries to show during every training. For a number of years Roy trains young swimmers in Haarlem, where he is still active as a competitive swimmer as well. After finishing his study as a PE teacher, he is very motivated to put a lot of attention into making everybody a better swimmer.
Kingue is a professional swimmer with extensive experience as a national level swimmer with multiple national titles. As a swimmer Kingue finds it important to ask the ‘why’ about focus points or skills, and he enjoys taking an ‘out-of-the-box’ approach to finding points of improvement. As a coach, he likes to take the same approach and take a refreshing look at your swimming and together with you find ways to improve
Kaylee's specialty is long-distance swimming and she has extensive experience in open water and in the pool at both national and international levels. In addition to various national podium places in the pool, she has become Dutch champion several times in the open water in both the freestyle and breaststroke. Working with trainers at club level and federation level along with her experiences has made her enthusiastic to pass on tips and tricks so that everyone can achieve their goal.
Anna has had chlorine flowing through her blood from an early age. Despite her young age, she has already competed in several Dutch National Championships and she is not an unknown face in the triathlon field. The Health and Life student at the VU enjoys coaching and likes to make others enthusiastic about swimming. Now she is not only training the children at her swimming club in Weesp, but she is also standing at the SwimGym pool platform to improve your swimming technique ánd enjoyment.
Thomas his swimming skills encountered at the age of 5 when managed to get 3 swimming diplomas within 9 months. His swimming career really took off a couple of years later, as a competitive swimmer at ZPCH in Hoofddorp. His love for this sport was - and is - so present that he obtained his training license as soon as possible. Now he would like - in addition to his study Sport Marketing - to further expand his coaching skills at SwimGym. Thomas is an enthusiastic trainer and enjoys training swimmers to a higher level, together.
Bas has a love for swim from an early age. He developed his talent at ZPC Amersfoort, which resulted in Dutch relay records and multiple prices at Dutch championships. His specialization in the swimming pool is the freestyle, especially the 200 meters. He also has extensive experience in open water swimming. Nowadays Bas likes to transfer his knowledge and passion to the swimmers at SwimGym to improve their technique, fitness and speed.
Maaike is originally a long-distance swimmer in the pool and open water. She achieved her best results as a junior and youth swimmer with various Dutch titles. A few years ago she switched to triathlon sport. She has now participated in various Eurocup competitions and the World and European Aquathlon Championships to her name. The focus has now switched to the middle distance in which she competes in the Pro category. In addition to her triathlon career, Maaike would like to share her passion for swimming to the members at SwimGym.
Robert grew up in the swimming pool, as he started combining swimming and water polo. Later on he continued with water polo, as it took too much time to combine both sports, and has been part of all Dutch Junior teams. Now the Science, Business and Innovation student has found his way back to swimming and he is ready to help you become an even better swimmer!
Peter is a former swimmer and rower, competing at Irish National Championships in both fields. Although only coming to swimming in his late teens, he quickly began to focus on the so-called "big boy" events: sprint fly and freestyle. Alongside his personal passion for sport, he now focuses on the science behind human performance by pursuing a masters degree in Human Movement Science at VU. At SwimGym, Peter hopes to combine theory and practice to give you a flying start