Welcome our coaching intern - Sinja-Tamara Schmidt

Meet Sinja-Tamara Schmidt. She will be working with us for 3 months as she completes her college internship.  She will be working with all groups as she learns about GCST and swimming in the USA.

About Sinja...

 I am an intern from Germany. I attended University of Stuttgart in Germany, and then attended University of Missouri, St. Louis. I will do an internship for three months at GCST.

I started swimming when I was 6 and swam for SV Schwaebisch Gmuend. In my early swim career I swam 50, 100 and 200m Breaststroke. I was in the state squad and state champion over the 100 Breaststroke. After serious problems the doctors told me that I won't be able to swim again. I stopped  for over 1 year but then started again. It was a lot of hard work and I became a freestyle sprinter. I participated in State Championships, South German Championships, Nationals and International Swim meets. I was 3rd in State and our relay team hold the State record in 4x50m and 4x100m freestyle, 4x50 m and 4x100m IM for several years. We don't have college teams in Germany but once a year there are National College Championships at which our relay team ranked 3rd in Fly. I was captain of our #1 team for 2 years until I quit.

In my last years of high school I stopped swimming and concentrated on school and college. After my internship at GCST I want to work as a teacher at a high school and as a swim coach. After learning a lot at GCST I hope I will be a successful coach in the future.