Charl crous biography sample
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Charl Crous
How Olympic swimmer Charl Crous revived Leila Dachraoui’s career Dachraoui returned to competitive swimming after a 27-year hiatus.
May 30, 2024
The impact of the right coach on an athlete can be the difference between medals and retirement.
For Tunisian masters swimmer Leila Dachraoui (52), that effect was almost instant after meeting Ballito coach and former Olympic swimmer Charl Crous in 2016.
The duo met while both were living in Dubai, but have kept their coach/athlete relationship going from afar ever since, as Leila moved back to Tunisia and Charl to Ballito.
Leila had previously enjoyed a promising swimming career in high school, claiming national age group titles and representing her country in the African Games, where she won a medley gold medal in 1987.
But life, family and a career as a practicing lawyer and professor kept her away from the pool for 27 years before the desire to compete bubbled back to the surface.
“My children had grown up and I