Physiotherapist, Managing Director
Raf is Managing Director of Front Runner Sports.
He has 20 years of private practice physiotherapy experience across a range of elite and community sporting contexts. His work now focusses on scaled endurance training systemization and consulting to corporate clients and individual athletes in areas of performance diagnostics & optimisation, longitudinal training planning and load management.
During his athletics career, Raf achieved a peak of #3 ITU Duathlon world ranking, achieving podium finishes at ITU Oceania, Asian and European Championships and 6th at the ITU World Championships. He is an 8* West Australian athletics champion in distances from 1500m- 12k Cross Country, a multiple state duathlon champion and medallist in the state triathlon championships.
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Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor of Science, Physiotherapy
- Athletics Australia Coach Facilitator
- Athletics Australia Level 2 Advanced Middle and Long Distance Coach
- Accredited TA Triathlon Coach
- Director- The Running Centre
- Event MC
- Ironman WA
- Busselton Half IM
- HBF Run for a Reason
- X Adventure
- BWA Dams Challenge
- Oceania Junior Tri Champs
- Rottnest Channel Swim
- Sunsmart Triathlon Series
- Bunbury Geographe Gift
- Bunbury Marathon
- Leonora Golden Gift
- Personal Coach to:
- 3 Senior Australian Representatives- Nic Harman, Matt Felton & Rochelle Rodgers
- World #1 Powerman Duathlete – Thomas Bruins
- 4 National Elite Champions
- 37 State Elite Champions
- 4 World AG Champions
- 76 sub 3hr Marathoners
- 4 sub 9hr IM competitors
- Previous Team Physiotherapist
- Perth Wildcats (Basketball)
- Melbourne Track Club (Athletics)
- State Schoolboys Football (AFL)
- Australian Junior Hockey Team (Hockey)
Clinical Interests:
- Elite Distance Coaching (5km- Marathon)
- Executive Coaching (Half & Full Marathon/Half & Full Ironman)
- Performance Diagnostics and Race Planning
- Load Management Consulting
- Exercise Prescription
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Consulting:
- Performance Systems
- Strategic Planning
- Cultural Strategy
- Running Biomechanics & Performance
- Event MC
