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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Silvia Beatríz Dalotto competed on the professional marathon swimming circuit for 7 years, competing in 50 races, and later served many years as a FINA official. She is currently serving as the Director de Proyectos at Comité Olímpico Argentino.
The 49-year-old Dalotto was the International Marathon Swimming Association world champion in 1990 after winning the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda.*
Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame interviewed Dalotto on today’s WOWSA Live program. She talked about:
* learning how to swim with her mother at the age of 5
* beginning competitive swimming at the age of 10 and marathon swimming at the age of 19
* winning the 1990 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda that kickstarted her professional marathon swimming career, winning that race together with fellow Argentine Diego Degano
* getting invited to Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli after winning in Santa Fe-Coronda
* doing 50 professional marathon swims during her career including the 88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná in her home home of Paraná
* serving as a FINA official at the Santa Fe-Coronda for 6 years after she retired
* racing against Anita Sood, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Rita Kovacs, and Karen Reeder including 25 females at Santa Fe – Coronda in the early 1990s
* doing better the worse conditions she faced
* receiving the 2007 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame and many other national awards and honors
* believing her most important role to maintain safety during FINA competitions – she talked about officiating at former FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series races below:
For more information, visit her Facebook page here and Instagram @silviadalotto.
1990 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda Results:
1. Silvia Dalotto (Argentina) 7 hours 35 minutes 10 seconds
2. Annemie Landmeters (Belgium) 7 hours 37 minutes 54 seconds
3. Irene van der Laan (Holland) 7 hours 52 minutes 44 seconds
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