Prof. Katarina Praznik
High Medical School for Nurses,
Slovenj Gradec and Swimming Club Velenje
Slovenia
I am a physical education teacher at a secondary school for nurses in Slovenj Gradec. In my free time I have worked in Swim Club Velenje as a swimming head coach for kids with disabilities since 2006. We were the first inclusive sports club in Slovenia. At the moment we have 27 swimmers and we are one of the biggest swim clubs in Slovenia. We start teaching how to swim by Halliwick philosophy and then continuing with training.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Professor of physical education Swim coach in swim club Velenje Halliwick lecturer and Course for trainee Halliwick seniors Lecturer for first swimming coaching degree in Swimming association Slovenia Para swimming trainer Lecturer for para swimming trainers in Swimming Association Slovenia Swimming Head coach in Special Olympic Slovenia Work in different projects: European projects in Erasmus +: e-swimming.eu, In4all (for people with disabilities), Kinessies (sport activities for vulnerable groups), LetsSwim (for people with disabilities), SlowSwim (for seniors), WOW, SCORE, Swim to live: manual (for all swimmers) – Social inclusion through sport, Sport for social action, World project: SO – special Olympics youth grant, Special Olympics games Abu Dhabi 2019. Others: European games for para swimmers, World Trisome games, European championships for sportsmen with Down syndrome.