New coaches for the young teams in swimming for the upcoming competition season in 2022.
At the end of a professional process conducted by the swimming association, Carmel Levitan was appointed coach of the youth team (up to age 18 for boys and up to age 17 for girls) and Jonathan Kopalev was appointed coach of the cadet team (up to age 16 boys up to age 14 girls).
The appointments were made through a call, in which the coaches submitted their candidacies, after which a selection committee interviewed the leading candidates and made the final selection.
The committee was composed of the chairman of the swimming association, Miki Halika, the sports director, Ehud Segal, and the chairman of the professional and development committee, Assaf Maimon.
Carmel Levitan is the coach of the Center for Excellence for Youth of the Swimming Association at the Wingate Institute, and even before that he served for years as the head coach of Maccabi PM Reut. After the selection he said: "I am very happy with the appointment. In my work at Reut I have trained many swimmers who have joined the youth team over the years. "To give all the swimmers a good opportunity to develop as swimmers. I will do my best for the team to succeed, and at the same time for the swimmers to gain important experience, which will help them integrate into the alumni sector in the coming years."
Until last year, Jonathan Kopalev was a swimmer for the Israeli national team, and when he was an active swimmer, he was crowned European Champion, finalist of the World Championship and still holds an Israeli record. He is currently a coach at the Maccabi Haifa Association. After the election, he said: "I am very happy about the decision to appoint me coach of the cadet team. The cadet team is the gateway for the young swimmers to the professional swimming world, and I am currently tasked with marching them in the right and most worthy way to represent the State of Israel." To lead this team this year. "
Sports Director Ehud Segal said: "The development of female swimmers in cadet and youth is one of the keys to the continued progress of Israeli swimming, and I am confident that Carmel and Jonathan will play a significant part in advancing this goal. I would like to personally thank last year's head coaches ", Who did a great job and set high standards for the following teams. Also, thank you to everyone who applied for the position, I was happy to see a long list of coaches, and I sincerely hope that this list will only grow in the coming years."
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