To educate, entertain, and enthuse those who venture beyond the shore
75-year-old Bill Welzien completed his 148th career 20.1 km circumnavigation swim around Key West in southern Florida – a remarkable feat that continues his unprecedented 34-year streak.
A 22-year-old British poet replicated the mythical swim of Leander in 1810. His channel crossing between Europe and Asia set into motion the contemporary crossing of the Hellespont
Mark Elsbury, a cancer survivor, has faced a difficult journey, but his love of the open water continues and is embodied in the Nando’s RLSS Open Water Swim in Mauritius
But Elsbury worked through that diagnosis.
He has been organizing and sponsoring the Nando’s Royal Life Saving Society Open Water Swim in Mauritius since 2013
Eleftherios Tarkasis, George Mathas, Diogenis Tsonis, Tasos Papadopoulos, Vasilis Karatziovalis, Paraskevi Ougrenidou, and Michaela Fyrgadi helped organize the Cholomon Ice Swimming event, the first for Greece.
Open water swimmers, event directors, and organizers know what the acronyms DNF, DNS, DSQ, OTL refer to, but what do MED and ABT mean?
Europe is the epicenter of the world’s fastest open water swimmers, based on the results between 1991 and 2024 at the World Championships. Check out the historical results.
Professor Salima Bouayad Agha has faced and overcome challenges throughout her life. Now she is seeking strength in the service of others.
One of the best open water swimmer from the Balkans is Nace Majcen from Slovenia. His professional marathon swimming career spanned 12 years from 1990 to 2002
McKendree University women’s water polo team plays Wagner College in the opening round of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championships.
Vanesa Garcia will offer a comprehensive open water swimming clinic at the Club de Regatas Santa Fe this Saturday.