After ten years as High Performance Swimming Coach at the Scottish Institute of Sport, Chris Martin will be leaving in October to join British Swimming as British Development Coach. 

Martin has overseen an era of huge change in the Scottish sport, and the success story is highlighted by the fact that a record number of ten Scots will be competing for Britain at next month's Olympic Games in Beijing. 

"Chris has made an enormous contribution to the development of the swimming programme," said Mike Whittingham, Executive Director at the Scottish Institute of Sport.

"He has been the architect behind the programme which has effectively and innovatively created an environment grounded in coach empowerment and integration amongst service providers to support Scotland's finest squad of swimmers and helped place Scottish swimming on the sporting radar. 

"We are delighted Chris has chosen to stay in the UK and take up an important position at British Swimming. The next six years with London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 are exciting times for all of us - we will be working with British Swimming and Chris to maximise on these opportunities. We wish Chris the best of luck and look forward to his continued support." 

Ashley Howard, Chief Executive at Scottish Swimming, added: "Chris has played a tremendous role in shaping the performance pathway that Scottish swimmers and coaches follow, and we thank him for his commitment and hard work to making that pathway so successful. 

"The medal tally from our athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne captured the imagination of so many, not just in Scotland but worldwide."