Susan Kemper nee Crews
BCAQ Head Coach, Senior Team and Combo Head Coach
Provincial Coach for the High Performance Team
Coaching Association of Canada Profile of Susan
Susan Kemper has been involved in synchronized swimming for twenty-eight years as both an athlete and a coach within the province of British Columbia. She has created several National Team athletes since 1996 all competing at world level events including the 2008 Olympic Games. Susan has achieved Canadian podium success in almost every event entered into the last few years including several gold medals. She has been the Head Coach of the top ranked BC club, the PacificSport Aquasonics, for the past thirteen years where her programs foster and encourage athletes and coaches to develop self-reliance, self-responsibility and leadership skills.
In 2006, Susan became a fully certified NCCP Level 5 Coach making her the first coach in synchronized swimming with their Level 5 Certification, a personal achievement she is very proud of. As a member of Synchro Canada’s National Team Coaching Staff since 2001, Susan has led four consecutive flourishing National B Team Programs winning multiple gold and silver medals for Canada. In 2006, she was named Synchro Canada’s Senior National Coach providing her the opportunity to be an Expert Consultant at the National Training Centre where her talent of creating fit athletes was utilized. Her choreography skills are highly recognized as her BC routines have been selected multiple times to represent Canada and other countries internationally in all events.
In August of 2007, Susan was named the Head Coach of Synchro Canada’s National A Team. With this being only one year out of the 2008 Olympics, Susan took on an amazing challenge; she re-located to the National Training Centre in Montreal for the season to prepare for the Olympic Games while her husband and daughter stay in BC. Ssince that time she has completed (26) consulting contracts across Canada, has returned to her Aquasonics Head Coaching role and has taken on the most challenging role within her synchro career, being a synchro mom, her daughter Sydni is in Tier 2.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - First Synchronized Swimming Coach to reach their NCCP Level 5 Certificaton, National Team Athlete 7 Years, National Team Coach 8 years, Canadian National A Team Head Coach, 1995 Canadian Senior Team Champion, 1993-94 Canadian Duet Bronze Medallist, 1991-95 Pan-American Games Silver Medallist.
International Coaching several countries and High Performance Consultant for several clubs and provinces, Head Coach of Synchro BC Provincial Training Center 8 years. Synchro BC's High Performance Provincial Coach
SYNCHRO PET PEEVE – Hearing the words “You should have won”, picking up a section of the routine out of pattern, and losing an athlete from the sport when they are not finished with it yet.
MOST MEMORABLE SYNCHRO EXPERIENCE – Placing an athlete on a National Team for the first time, and all International competitions with our Club.
CAREER GOALS – To have athletes educated in their training programs so when their goals are achieved they are responsible and accountable for that success.
PERSONAL BENEFITS FROM SYNCHRO – Watching athletes leave the sport mentally healthy because they know they have done everything they can to get where they are.
