Kirk Marks

A highly experienced aquatics professional Kirk trained as a teacher of Physical Education and since then he has held various roles starting as the Director of Coaching for NSW Swimming prior to the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, this appointment was the first Director of Coaching role in Australia. He continued in that role until after the Commonwealth Games in Auckland in 1990.

In 1988 he founded the Sunrice Swimming Development Program and was the Director and Head Coach of that program till after the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The Sunrice program had over 36 swimmers who went on to become medallists and represent Australia at the Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Kirk also was the chair of AUSTSWIM a role that he was proactive in from 1999 through to 2012. During this time he established Australian International Swim Schools in the Middle East where he spent a decade operating  swimming and water safety programs in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Jordan as well as training Teachers of Swimming and Water Safety throughout the region.

Kirk is now General Manager for GOswim, which was established by Swimming Australia to provide learners with an activity-based educational swimming and water safety program, a role which gives him an opportunity to continue to pursue his passion in providing world leading swimming programs and pathway opportunities today.