Rowan Clarke
Outdoor Swimming Expert
Outdoor swimmer
Writer
Journalist
Speaker
Coach
Swimmer & coach
Spending all my childhood summers in a river, the sea or messing around at the bottom of a pool, my affinity with water is strong. After entering my first open-water swimming event in 2015, I became hooked, specialising in long-distance endurance swims, swim adventures and cold water shenanigans. I've competed in ice galas and IWSA winter swimming championships in the UK and overseas.
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In 2018, I upgraded my swimming teaching qualifications to open water. In 2020, I added a health and wellbeing coaching qualification to the mix because that's the focus of my coaching.
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Qualifications
STA Level 2 Open Water Swimming Coaching
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STA Full Swimming Teaching
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RLSS Open Water Lifeguard
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Open Learn Certificate in Sports Psychology and Coaching
Affiliations
Affiliated coach at Clevedon Marine Lake
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Member of the Swimming Teachers Association (STA)
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DBS cleared
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Safeguarding and GDPR trained
Journalist, writer & speaker
IMy first freelance job was with OK! Magazine in 1999. Since then, I did a postgraduate degree in professional writing and then began my career as a freelance copywriter.
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Bringing together my passion for outdoor swimming, wellbeing, women's health and body image, I have become a specialist writer and journalist working as lead features writer for Outdoor Swimmer magazine, content and copywriter for body-positive sustainable swimwear brand Deakin & Blue and open water swimming gear reviewer for Yachting World.
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I have also appeared in several radio and TV productions as an outdoor swimming expert, and spoken at events.
