National Team Coach - Irene Torrealba

National Team Coach  - Andrew Chen

National Team Coach - Khosro Hashemzade 

National Team Physiotherapist  - Katie Kaminsky

Katie is a Sports and Exercise physiotherapist with over 9 years’ experience working with climbers at all levels of participation and competition. She has been a keen recreational climber for more than a decade, and opened her own climbing physiotherapy clinic, Katie Kaminsky Physiotherapy, in Melbourne in 2016. She has worked at multiple State and National climbing competitions, as well as in other elite and sub elite sport. Katie also sits on the Sport Climbing Victoria board and is an active member of the Para climbing community including at a State and National level. 

Katie recently completed her postgraduate Masters of Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy and has a special interest in climbing hand and shoulder injury management. She is undertaking research into the rates and types of injury that our current Australian competitive climbers carry and looks forward to further developing this research to aid our climbers in ensuring optimal performance on the wall. She takes a pragmatic approach to injury management and prevention with a focus on climbing-specific exercise and conditioning and prioritises educating climbers regarding physical health in order to help them climb at their best.