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Frederick Serge Leo Claro
Nick names: Freddy and "Grizzly"
Born in Douai, France on September 15th 1962
Nationality: French
Education: Bachelor Arts, BA-History
Marital Status: Married to Jennifer, four sons - Cedric, Eric, Brandon, and Tristan
Country of residence: Japan
1m77 - 76 kg -
Languages spoken: French, bilingual English, speaks Thai and German, learning Japanese
Previous career: Military Instructor (Germany) and Police Officer, Paris
Sports practiced besides Rugby: Scuba Diving, Judo, Kendo, Tennis, Badminton and Bicycling
Current sports involvement: Rugby coaching and Triathlon
Hobbies: Cooking, family time, movies, reading, photography (artistic) and computers
Favorite arts: cinema, ballet, photography, opera, and writing
Started playing rugby in 1973 in Junior Highschool
Plaid Club, University, Military and Representative Rugby between 1974 and 1985
Coached midi-mini club rugby school, Assistant coach University Lille I-III, and Military Coach
Kumamoto University RFC, Japan (2004-2006)
Position: Halfback (scrumhalf), flyhalf, and utility back
Clubs: Douai Rugby OlymPique (DROP), and Lille IRIS Club - Level: National III division, France -
Plaid accession to National II division in 1982-83
Provincial champion with Douai U15 and U19 - 1/8 French National Championship U15 -
20 Provincial Selections with Flandres U17, U19, U21 at Halfback and Flyhalf
Provincial National tournament in Lyon U16 - Tours in England, Scotland and Wales U16, U19 -
Plaid 2 opening games of the National French team with Flandres Province: France - Canada, and France - Romania in Lille Stadium Nord
Military Coach 1984
International Professional Sport/Leisure Educator 1989 - Today -
Over a decade of experience in sport management, and coaching multilingual sport activities

2003: Graduate of the High Performance Coaches' Course directed by Laurie Mains, Graham Mourie, and Murray Mexted at the International Rugby Academy of Wellington, New Zealand.
2005: Tudor Bompa Institute (TBI) Periodization Planning Specialist  and Junior Athlete Training Specialist.
Director of Training for TBI in Japan and France.

Latest sports achievements: Multi-sports personal bests
-Sprint Triathlon (600m swim, 20km bike, 5km run): 01h15min (2005)
-20 km Bike Time Trial:26:42 (January 2007)
-3 km run (track): 11:50 (2005) and 11:37 (December 2006)
-5km run (track): 19:50 (2005)
-5km run (road): 21:40 (2005)
-10km run (road): 42:40 (2006)
-1,500m swim (sea): 18:20 (2005)
-Cooper test: 3,100m (2005 and 2006) --> VO2max = 59 ml/kg/min
-Mile run: 6min (vVO2max = 4.44m/s)
-6 min run: 1,650m (2006) --> vVO2max = 4.58 m/s
-Bike vVO2max = 49.5 km/h (2005) - 50.2 km/h (2006)

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E-mail: freddy@frederickclaro.com

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