Woollahra Sailing Club is very pleased to announce that Alex Zimmerman has been appointed as Manager and Coach of the Club’s new Junior Sailing Programme. Alex will join Dan Smith (our Club Sailing Manager and 5 x Olympic 470 Coach, and World Youth Championship Coach) in developing our Junior and Youth programmes.
Alex is well known across the Australian and International Optimist Dinghy community and is a three times Sailing World Champion. He is widely regarded in all states of Australia as having a unique ability to help talented children progress from absolute beginner to a highly competitive level. He regularly coaches at international events with the Australian Optimist Sailing Team. This includes: World Championships, European Champs, Asian & Oceania’s Champs, South American Champs and North American Champs. Alex joins us having just completed a 3 year period as State Head Coach in South Australia. In that role he developed some