Klara has been an avid swimmer since a young age. She grew up on the east coast, swimming competitively for the Halifax Trojans Aquatic Club. In junior high school, volleyball became her primary sport but she kept up swimming as cross-training. Unfortunately, concussions stopped Klara from pursuing volleyball in university, so she transitioned to coaching instead. She started coaching indoor and beach volleyball at a range of levels, as well as returning to the Halifax Trojans as a swim coach. During her time coaching with the Halifax Trojans Klara earned her NCCP Level 1 Swim Coach certification.
When Klara moved to Ottawa in 2019 she began coaching with the Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Team. This was interrupted by the pandemic but it was during lockdown that she picked up cycling and running. With her background in swimming, triathlons seemed like a natural next step. Klara is excited to join the Team Triumph coaching staff and share her knowledge of swimming while learning to take her triathlons to the next level.
When she’s not on the deck or the bike you can usually find Klara spending time with her two dogs, Tucker and Charlie. Klara is also working on her PhD research in Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa and studying osteopathy part time at the Canadian College of Osteopathy.
NCCP Level 1 Swim Coach
NCCP Adult Community Triathlon Coach
I love the accountability and the structure of the Virtual 70.3 Half Ironman training program. I don't think I would have gotten this far without the program. The accountability is huge for me!
Deborah Jackman
My coach Kevin Willis is amazing. His swim practices have been a real game-changer for me. A great communicator regardless of your swim level. The whole club is supportive of everything you do. You don't need to be an Ironman to benefit from their programs. 5 stars all around!!! - Denise Pittuck
I just wanted to thank you and your team (Gabi! Brenda! Maggie! Dawn!) for making last weekend's event so amazing. I had tried to do a try-a-tri on my own last summer, and the experience was night and day.
Even though I didn't make every virtual session, I felt so prepared... I knew where to go for information, and I knew I had a team of people (coaches and our beginner tri group!) who were all there to support me.
It was interesting to watch Eric train on his own (without access to the TrainingPeaks workouts and without the weekly meetings to ask questions and learn more about proper form and race-day stuff). When we left on Sunday, he looked at me and was like "we're DEFINITELY doing the training with Julia if we decide to go for the olympic distance, right?".
So glad to have found this club and looking forward to many more triathlons in the near future!!! Tai Teleso
