Golden Fish Synchronized Swimming Club

Our Coaches

Anna Nepotacheva

Anna Nepotacheva

National Coach, State Coach & Coach/Founder of Golden Fish Synchronized Swimming Club

Anna was born in Ashkabad , Russia. Anna coached Synchronized Swimming in Russia from 1991 with the Moscow City Sport Association, working with members of the Russian National Team, and composing routine choreography for Junior & Open Teams. Anna also worked in Beijing with a number of Chinese National athletes. In 2003 Anna was awarded the Highest Level of Government Recognition for Sports Coaching in Russia. Anna was studying for the Bachelor of Human Movement, before coming to Australia.
Since arriving in Australia in 2004, Anna has coached the National Team with the highlights being the following competitions:

2008 Olympics Games, Beijing
2006 & 2010 Commonwealth Games
2005, 2007 &2009 World Championships
2010 World Cup
2004 Junior World Championships
2005, 2010 & 2011 German Open
2005 & 2008 Japan Open
2007 & 2010 Swiss Open
Anna became an Australian citizen in 2006, has two sons – James and Dmitri, and lives in Flemington

Tarren Otte

Coach and former swimmer for Golden Fish Synchronized Swimming Club

Tarren was born in Victoria, Australia in 1984 and began synchronised swimming at the age of 9. She competed in the National Team as a junior from 1999 – 2002 competing in the 2001 & 2002 Junior World Championships in the Solo (2002), Duet (2002) & Team (2001 & 2002). From 2004 to 2010 Tarren continued to represent Australia captaining the Australian Olympic Team in Beijing in 2008.
Tarren retired from competition following her last performance at the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010.

Tarren’s other noteworthy performances:

2010 Commonwealth Games (Delhi, India) – Solo 4th
FINA World Cup (Shanghai, China)– Solo 12th & Team 11th
Swiss Open (Switzerland) – Solo & Team
German Open (Bonn, Germany) – Solo & Team
2009

FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Solo 25th
2008

Beijing Olympics – Team 7th
Roma Synchro (Rome, Italy) - Team (7th)
2007

Swiss Open (Zurich, Switzerland) - Team (6th), Free Combination (5th)
FINA World Championships (Melbourne, Australia) – Free Team Combination (12th), Team – Tech & Free (15th), Solo Tech (21st), Duet Tech (26th)
2006

FINA World Cup (Yokohama, Japan) – Team (12th)
2005

FINA World Championships (Montreal, Canada) – Solo & Team
Japan Open (Tokyo, Japan) - Solo
2004

Swiss Open – Solo & Duet
Japan Open – Solo & Duet

Tarren is a Primary School PE teacher and lectures at Victoria University. She has completed a Bachelor of Applied Science – Physical Education, Diploma of Education, Cert III Fitness & Diploma in Sports Development.

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