Cris hails from Lucena City in the Philippines and was competitive swimmer when he was younger. He was a member of men’s varsity swimming team during his college playing years.
Cris is a fully qualified Swimming Coach Instructor with broad experience in the Philippines and here in the U.A.E. Cris specializes in Learn to Swim, Stroke Correction, Squad Training, and Adult Lessons. As a competitive swimmer, Cris is trained in all four competitive strokes and skills aiding the development of swimmers to competitive level.
Apart from being a Swim Coach, Cris is an artist and a talented musician. He also worked as a pianist/keyboardist and had been to Japan and Malaysia to play music. As an artist, Cris also has an interest and passionate in learning photography.
He aims to create a fun, safe, and relaxed environment for his students to raise and maximize the progress of each session and develop swimmers’ skills and technique. He believes that anyone can learn how to swim and deserves a chance to see where swimming can take and benefit them and his job is to help them discover that.
Now that he is no longer competing, Cris likes passing his knowledge and skills to his students and helping them to create the best experience in swimming. His ability to build rapport and strong relationships with his swimmers and creating a fun and friendly atmosphere gained him a reputation among his students.
He is pleased nothing more than to see his students’ progress and development to the best of their potential and abilities.