Krisztina Szedlak has taken on the newly created National Pathway Coach position for Artistic Swimming Australia.

 The National Pathway Coach has technical responsibilities for the pathway system, which spans coach and judge Development, increasing the number of athletes in the system and the quality of the daily training environment.

Krisztina started with artistic swimming at the age of six in Hungary. She relocated to Australia in 2017 and is an active Australian Artistic Swimming community member. 

In addition to her club coach experience, she has ten years of experience as a national coach in Hungary, Australia, and Switzerland.  

For the past couple of years, Krisztina has been the head coach of the Team Australia Junior Team. 
This year, she was the Head coach of the Team Australian Senior and Youth team, leading the team at the 19^th FINA World Championship – Budapest 2022 and the 2^nd FINA Youth World Championship 2022 in Charlotte, USA.

Performance Director Richard Vaughan commented, "It is great to have Krisztina on board; this is a critical role for us as we need to move the technical, artistic side of the pathway system forward. This position will be responsible for a wide range of programmes we are developing, such as the Emerging Squad, support for performance-focused clubs, the rollout of the AMS, and the coach and judge pathway development.
This role would not be possible without the support of the AIS, and we thank them for their continued support through to Paris 2024."

Krisztina Szedlak commented, " I am very excited about starting work in my new role as the National Pathway Coach and helping to develop the sport in Australia. And I cannot wait to get started."