Maik Diercks introduction

First of all: hello to everybody!

Just a little information about myself: My name is Maik Diercks, I’m 30 years old and I was an elite national swimmer. I studied sports marketing and PR in Germany (Berlin University) incl. coaching in general, fitness, swimming, nutrition and little parts of sports medicine.

I suffer from Type 1 diabetes, since I’m fifteen and I managed to participate at the German nationals from the age of 13 until the age of 28, except one year I have always been under the top 25 in Germany, even won one time and participated three times at the World Cup in Berlin a few times. My best result has been top 33 in the world on the 50 m freestyle.

My best times:
100 m freestyle 51.01
50 m freestyle 23.00

My coaching carreer is simple, I started coaching kids in swimming camps when I was 15, easy ways of showing kids how to have fun in the water and enjoy themselfes, plus the basics of swimming.

Later I worked as a Personal Coach in the USA and Germany, helping people to get in shape incl. watching the eating behaviours and their fridges.

Now I’m for two years in Cape Town, South Africa coaching almost every age and every level in swimming or just getting back into a good condition.

Hope to see you at the gym or the Pavillion pool in Sea Point.

For further information just send me an email to maik.diercks@mweb.co.za.

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