About Joel Filliol

Joel Filliol has spent 30 years coaching triathletes, from committed age-groupers to Olympic medallists. Since founding the #JFTcrew elite squad in 2013, he has coached athletes to 7 Elite World titles and built one of the most successful independent programmes in the sport.

Results

• 7 Elite World titles: Mario Mola (3), Vincent Luis (2), Katie Zaferes and Vasco Vilaça

• 30+ WTCS wins and more than 100 WTCS podiums

• 3 Olympic medallists, and athletes at multiple Olympic Games

• Winners and podium finishers across Olympic-distance, long-course and Ironman racing

Career

Before going independent, Joel led national programmes for four federations:

• Triathlon Canada: National Senior Coach and 2008 Beijing Olympic coach, personally coaching Simon Whitfield to Olympic silver

• British Triathlon: Head Coach, working with world medallists including Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Helen Jenkins

• Italian Triathlon Federation: Olympic Performance Director for the Rio to Tokyo cycle

• Triathlon Australia: Podium Centre Head Coach and Olympic Program Head Coach

A competitive athlete himself, Joel raced more than 100 triathlon and multisport events and represented Canada as a junior from 1995 to 1998.

Arthur Lydiard said it best: “Champions are everywhere, all you have to do is train them properly.” Joel’s coaching is built on that idea: relentless focus on the fundamentals, applied consistently over time, whoever the athlete is.

How I coach now

Alongside the squad, I coach a small number of athletes one-to-one. If you work with me, I write your training, review your sessions and answer your questions myself. Nothing is handed to an assistant.

I build the plan around your week: your job, your family, your race goals. The principles are the same ones my World Champions train on. The plan is yours.

Coaching runs in 3-month blocks, and I reply to every application within 24 hours. See how 1:1 coaching works and what it costs.