Biography
Two years after his birth, his family moved to Fort McMurray where he started swimming in a club at age 8. In 1981 his family relocated to Edmonton, and three years later to Calgary. After departure of his Calgary coach Deryk Snelling, Versfeld moved to Vancouver, where he trained with Tom Johnson and studied psychology and political science at the University of British Columbia.
Around 2002 he retired from active swimming and in 2004 moved to Perth, Western Australia where he took up surfing and swim coaching. He was part of the winning team in the Rottnest 21-km open-water relay swim in 2006, along with Australian Olympians Bill Kirby, Todd Pearson and Duncan Armstrong.
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