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An attorney on dryland by day, a swimmer by any other times and places, Lynton Mortensen will be inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2024.
Pauline Jackson will be inducted as an Honor Contributor and Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2024
Dr. Evgenij Pop Acev will be Inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2024
Courtney Moates Paulk will be inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2024
Arianna Bridi of Italy will be Inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2024
Suzanne Heim-Bowen will be inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2024
Partly due to his exploits as an escort channel swimming kayaker, Dan Simonelli will be inducted as an Honor Coach in the International Marathon Swimming Hall in its Class of 2024
Ned Denison, chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, announced Simone Ruffini as an Honor Swimmer in the IMSHOF Class of 2024. Ruffini is a 34-year-old professional marathon swimmer who traveled the world with the vaulted Italian national team and is married to his fellow Italian national teammate Aurora Ponsele. He finished 6th at
Xavier Desharnais and Mohamed Marouf talked about their careers and experiences, and rebounds from Olympic disappointment in a talk with IMSHOF’s Ned Denison
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On August 13th 1989, a group of eight swimmers who would eventually be inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as Honor Swimmers gathered on the shore of Absecon Island in Atlantic City to race 36.6 km around the famed New Jersey gambling outpost. The Atlantic City Around The Island Swim race favorite
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