A little about Ephraim

Ephraim & Ky Hurst

After a few years out of the pool, Ephraim is making a come back to swimming. He is currently training at Southport on the Gold Coast under Glen Baker with Nick Frost, Brenton Rickhard & Leiston Pickett.

Ephraim previously trained under Denis Cotterell at Miami Olympic Swimming Club on the Gold Coast Australia, along side many successful Australian swimmers including Grant Hackett, Ky Hurst, Giann Rooney, Daniel Kawalski, Leigh McBean and Andrew Bowden.  He would swim 75km a week on average while also building strength, endurance and increasing flexibility out of the water. 

Ephraim also trained at the Australian Institute of Sport for a year on a full swimming scholarship – an offer which remains open.


Swimming Qualifications

• Professional Swimmer

• Certificate II in Sport and Recreation

• Accredited ‘OzSwim', ‘Learn to Swim' and elderly swim coach

Swimming Achievements 

• Member of the Australian Telsta Dolphins Team for 7 years – competing at an international level.
  

• Member of the QAS Team (Queensland Academy of Sport) for 9 years – competing at a national level.

• World Titles, Melbourne, 200m Semi-Finalist – 2007

• National Titles, Melbourne, 200m Backstroke Gold Medal Champion - 2006
  

• Australian/USA West Coast Tour, Australian Under-17 Record for the 200m – 2006

• Australian Age Record, 200m Backstroke – 2006

• Victorian All Comers Long Course Record, 200m Backstroke – 2006

• Victorian All Comers Long Course Record, 400m Individual Medley – 2006

• Queensland Long Course Record, 200m Backstroke – 2006

• Australian Age Record, 400m Individual Medley – 2005

• New South Wales All Comers Record, 400m Individual Medley – 2005

• Queensland State Titles - Won 10 out of a possible 10 gold medals (the second swimmer to have achieved this, after Ian Thorpe) – 2004

• Queensland Short Course Record, 400m Individual Medley – 2004

• Oceania Championship Swimming Record, 800m Freestyle Relay – 2004

• Long Course Record, 400m Individual Medley – 2004 and 2005

• Short Course Record, 800m Freestyle – 2003

• Short Course Record, 400m Individual Medley – 2003