COACHES
Bram Montgomery - Head Coach and Lead Coach for National Development Squad
After graduating from Brown University with a BA in Child Development and Education and as a varsity team captain and school record holder, Bram has since been coaching full time for over 20 years, including spending 10 years as founder and Head Coach of Chelsea and Westminster SC. While at CWSC he developed numerous County, Regional and National medallists while also placing two swimmers on the GB team at Junior and Senior Level including Bella Hindley who celebrated a recent double Silver Medal performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. After being named London Region Junior Coach of the year in 2014 and Senior Coach of the Year 2015, Bram Joined Brompton SC in 2018 and has helped drive the club forward by raising the level of expectations for all squads. The club has made great strides including gaining promotion to the London Premier Division of the National Arena League, consecutive top 15 finishes in the National Jr Arena League, and the club's highest ever finishes in both the County and Regional Championships.
Joanna Basista - Lead Coach for Junior 2 Squad, Assistant for all Squads
Joanna Basista graduated from Physical Education University in Warsaw Poland with Master's degree in Sports Science. After representing her country at international level competitions, Joanna has been coaching and teaching swimming for 13 years, including the last 6 as one of the lead coaches for Brompton SC.
Claudia Costa - Assistant Coach for all Squads
Claudia, who has been coaching with Brompton since 2018, is originally from Brazil where she was a finalist at the Brazilian Senior National Championship in the 200m Back Backstroke and won medals at Junior National level as well. Claudia started swimming competitively at the age of 12 with the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, one of the biggest swimming teams in Brazil, where she trained 3 hours a day, 5 days a week for over 10 years. As an experienced coach and teacher, Claudia provides a comprehensive teaching programme for all ages and abilities. Claudia strives to develop and advance her teaching techniques to deliver a consistently top-notch coaching service.
Ramtin Shahbazi - Associate Head Coach, Lead Coach for Academy & Junior 1 Squad
Ramtin has been a club swimmer since a young age at BANL, carrying on to progress and swim at National and European meets representing ULU, Otters and Barnet Masters. He pursued his passion of swimming after graduating by working with a number of Learn to Swim programmes. He used this experience to begin coaching, at CWSC, before joining Brompton in January 2018.
Ozan Mert Kurtcu - Lead Coach for County Squads, Assistant to National Development Squad
Ozan has been passionate about swimming since he began competing at the age of 8. Through his hard work and focus Ozan was able to represent Turkey at a number of international competitions including the European Youth Open Water Championships as well as the European Senior Open Water Championships. Ozan graduated from Marmara University with a degree in Sport Science in 2019 and also recently completed his certificate in Physical Education Teaching. Ozan has been coaching and teaching swimmers of all ages within some of the top age group clubs in Turkey.
Join our coaching team
Brompton Swimming Club is always on the lookout for coaching assistance. Should you have an interest in joining our team, please complete our coach application form and we will endeavour to contact you as needs dictate. Thank you for your interest in Brompton Swimming Club!
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