Dive Calgary of Calgary, Alberta

Dive Calgary divers begin training on one and three meter springboards. Front, back, reverse, inward, twister and armstand - the diver's arsenal of six main dive directions to which rotations or twists are added and degrees of difficulty are increased - are patiently taught one stage at a time by his or her team coach.

igork@divecalgary.ca	Igor Kopecky, Head Coach Igor is a veteran Canadian National team member, winning five national championships and the Olympic trials on 10m in 1996. He has been involved with Dive Calgary since 1991 as a diver and was named head coach in 2007. He has worked with divers from the junior level all the way up to senior international medalists coaching at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Igor is a certified NCCP level III coach and holds Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) (1998) and Bachelor of Education (2004) degrees from the University of Calgary. After teaching junior high for two years, he feels he is capable of handling insults, pouting, tantrums and fights. When not on the pool deck, he is either practicing guitar, or planning another surf trip.
	Charlie Tu, Coach Charlie has won numerous international events as a diver as well as the Chinese national championship. As a coach, he was trained in China and has been working with the CAMO diving club since 2009. His success in the Canadian system is reflected in the results of his divers highlighted by an international gold medal by his athlete. Charlie brings strong discipline and work ethic to our divers in here in Calgary.
	Kelly Jamieson, Coach Kelly began competitive diving in 1987 and competed at Age Group and Senior Nationals. She began Coaching in 1988, and took divers to Age group Nationals in 1999, and 2000 as head coach for Red Deer Diving Club. She is a NCCP level 3 certified coach, and is also a certified pre-level 1 and level 1-2 coach-educator. Kelly is also a certified massage therapist. Kelly has developed a junior national medalist and continues to bring her passion to developing our junior divers to personal bests and beyond.
	Tori Kennedy, Coach Tori started diving competitively at the age of 11 with Dive Calgary. She is a national champion and made the senior national traveling team. As a coach, Tori has become adept at pushing her divers to achieve personal bests including a silver medal at the junior nationals. Her approach and results make Tori one of the most promising young coaches in Canada!
	Ashley Buchanan, Coach Ashley is a former competitive diver with Dive Calgary from 1999 - 2003 where she was coached by (current Dive Calgary head coach) Igor Kopecky. . She enjoys sushi and orange pop, and yes, she can eat them together, in fact she thinks they quite compliment one another. Ashley also holds her NCCP level 1/2 certification. Ashley's divers have beautiful mechanics and have one multiple medals at the junior nationals. Dive Calgary is fortunate to have Ashley creating bright futures for our young talented divers!