JORGE BETANCOURT
Head Coach
CELINA TOTH
Coach
CURTIS FROHLOFF
Coach
Jorge originally hails from Cuba where he was a 25 year veteran of the Cuban National Team and a two-time Olympian (2004 & 2008) in the Men's 3 metre and Men's 3 metre Synchro events, placing 4th in Athens in 2004 in the Synchro 3 metre. Prior to moving to Victoria, Jorge was a Cuban Junior National Team coach from 2010 - 2014. Since 2014, Jorge has been coaching in Victoria and has coached several athletes to Junior National podium finishes and placed athletes in Diving Plongeon Canada's High Performance Athlete Development (HPAD) program. In his free time Jorge enjoys watching Cuba's national pastime, baseball.
A 2021 Tokyo Olympian in the Women's 10 metre platform event, Celina brings a wealth of experience to Dive Victoria athletes. Celina has coached throughout her diving career and is looking forward to introducing a new generation of Victoria divers to the sport of diving. As an athlete, Celina was a 16 year veteran of the Canadian National Diving team and was the 2018 Women's National 10 metre champion and 16-time National medallist, including 4-times national champion. Internationally, Celina won 10 medals, including gold at the 2018 Rostock Grand Prix in Germany and placed 11th at the 2016 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, securing an Olympic spot for Canada at the Rio Olympics. Away from the pool, Celina works with CSI-Pacific and you will often find her at her favourite place in the world, the beach.
Curtis has been involved in the diving community for 13 years. He was born in Victoria and started diving at Saanich Commonwealth Pool and then continued his training with White Rock Divers for seven years reaching the national level. His experience as an athlete and his passion for the sport led him to coaching. Curtis has been coaching youth learn to dive classes for the past six years with White Rock Divers and more recently has started coaching with Dive Victoria. His coaching style is focused on building fundamentals, progressing skills based on individual attributes and making sure kids are having fun. Curtis is a civil engineering student at UVIC and in his free time he loves to rock climb, previously representing Team BC at nationals. He also likes to hike, golf and is working on building his culinary skills!
KAILEE LINGHAM
Coach
Bio Coming Soon!