Welcome our NEW Coaches

Welcome to the Team Triumph coaching team

MIKE OLSEN

Mike has been in organized sports his whole life. He immigrated to Canada in May 1964 from Australia where he was a lifeguard and rugby player. Once in Canada, he continued to compete at Rugby, Badminton, Running, Skiing and Triathlon all at competitive levels. He comes to Team Triumph with a wealth of knowledge and experience in both pool and open water swimming.

He has 8 Canadian Masters National Relay & 25 Ontario Provincial Records.

He has attended 5- FINA World Masters Swimming Championships, and has been on 3 -Technosport Relay teams which were ranked in the annual FINA World Masters top 10.

He has been with the City of Ottawa, St Laurent Pool, Power Swim Program for five years, coaching beginners to advanced swimmers, specializing in stroke theory technique for fly, back, breast, free and perfecting swimmer starts and turns.

He has competed in 5 - Bring on the Bay open water swims and medalled each time.

When Michael in not coaching or swimming he is relaxing or working on his next travel plans with his wife Lynn.

KEVIN WILLLIS

As a keen recreational cyclist, Kevin joined Team Triumph in 2006 to train for the Vätternrundan, a 300 km 1-day ride. He soon discovered that triathletes “needed” very cool bikes! He asked Coach Julia to teach him to swim and run and introduce him to the sport of triathlon. After starting out in local sprint triathlons, a 47-day coast to coast ride across Canada in 2008 helped convince him that the long distance events would suit him better - despite requiring more swimming and running.

Following successes in local iron distance events, Kevin qualified for the Ironman World Championships, Kona Hawaii in 2012. Other highlights include: Ultraman Canada Champion (2014). Ultraman age group world record holder. Triathlon Magazine Canada 2014 Endurance Triathlete of the Year. Ironman World Championships, Kona Hawaii (2015), 5th in age group, Ultraman World Championships, Kona Hawaii (2015), 8th overall.

Following a crash at a Deccaman race last year (10 Ironmans in 10 days), Kevin is recovering and looking forward to "ageing up” and racing Ironman again next year.

To support his exercise addiction Kevin worked in health research. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and retired as executive director of the Canadian Stroke Network in 2014. He has published widely in basic and health science, holds a number of issued patents and has received professional awards for his contributions to understanding the role of sodium (salt) in chronic disease.