Head Coach
Peter Trifonov
trifonov_72@yahoo.com
Phone: 301-704-7712
Peter was born in Bulgaria, Europe. He won more than 50 National Titles throughout his diving career. He competed for Bulgaria in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.
In 2000, shortly after he finished his competitive career, he came to the United States as a performer in a High Dive Show in Williamsburg, VA.
In 2001 Peter moved to the Washington Metropolitan area where he became a recognized coach at Montgomery Dive Club in Rockville, MD. Moreover, he coached at the College of William & Merry - Willaimsburg, VA (2000-2001) and at the American University - Washington, D.C. (2001-2003). Peter was also one of the coaches representing USA at the 2008 FINA Junior Diving World Championships - Aahen, Germany.
Peter has been judging the USA Diving National Championships since 2001.
In addition to coaching Retiever Dive Club, he will be the Head Diving Coach for the UMBC Retievers.
Assistant Coach
Amanda Shinholser
ash22@umbc.edu
Amanda is a 19 years old Junior at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She has been a member of the UMBC Dive Team for the past two years, as well as a member of Montgomery Dive League while in high school, competing for Calverton Swim Club.
Amanda competed in Junior Olympics Trampoline and Tumbling from age 11 to age 16 and placed 1st at the 2006 J.O. Championships in Chicago, Illinois.
She has five years of coaching experience, starting at the age 14, coaching the Fairland Trampoline and Tumbling Team. She has also been a co-coach for the UMBC Retriever Dive Club for the past academic year (2008-2009). She hopes, by using her experience in coaching both trampoline and diving, to bring success to Retiever Dive Club.
