Danish National Team Head Coach Nick Juba‘s contract with the Danish Swimming Federation will end in December at the conclusion of the World Short Course Championships at which time he will take leave his position to take on new challenges.
“I was brought over here with Rio specifically in mind and now it is over. With a new Olympic cycle just starting, now is an opportune time to pass the reigns over to a brand new team who I believe can further advance Danish swimming,” said Juba. “I am looking forward to a fresh challenge, a new adventure!”
Juba was hired by the Danish Swimming in 2013 after Paulus Wildeboer left his post as the Danish National Team and National Training Centre Head Coach left to take over a position with Queensland Swimming. After Wildeboer’s departure the job was split, Juba took over as the National Team Coach and Shannon Rollason assumed the role as the Head Coach of the NTC.
In his time in Denmark the country has seen a great deal of success which includes winning 26 medals, and achieving a total of 72 top eight finishes at the major long-course Championships [the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the European Championships], performing at a historically high level in both a continental and a global perspective.
The peak of their success came at the Rio Olympics where the Danes had their best finish in 68 years. Denmark finished tied for 11th in the medal standings with Pernille Blume winning gold in the 50 freestyle and the women’s 4 x 100 medley relay collecting the bronze.
At the domestic level there have been 35 new Danish national records set during his tenure.
“I have been delighted to both lead and contribute to Denmark’s success over the past four years. I have been lucky to work with some great people, and of course, I shall miss them.”
Lars Green Bach, the High Performance Manager for the Danish Swimming Federation, expresses his appreciation of the great work that Juba has done for Danish swimming in recent years, “Whilst Nick Juba has been in charge of Denmark, we have achieved remarkable international results for a swimming nation of Denmark’s size,” said Bach. “It’s very much to Nick’s credit, and as I see it, he has had great success unleashing the international potential there was in the strong foundation that he took over in 2013.”
“With his strong knowledge of human nature, his straightforward manner and his English humour, Nick has inspired swimmers and coaches and succeeded in gelling all of the different, aspects of Danish high performance swimming. We are going to miss having Nick in our team in the Sports Department.”
National Coach Dean Boles, who has worked with coaches and Danish senior swimmers since last June will take over the responsibility for the Danish Senior National team from January 1st in line with Danish Swimming’s new sporting strategy and action plan ‘From Proud Results to New Common Ambitions.’ In near future The Danish Swimming Federation will furthermore announce the name of the future Head Coach at the national training center / NTC in Copenhagen.
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