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A relative latecomer to open water swimming, Enry Phillip O’Donnell was the first swimmer to swim from the Irish mainland to Tory Island (first in 1995 and then again in 1997) and the first person to swim from Tory Island to Arawmor Island. He was the Donegal Swimmer and Sports Star of the Year in […]
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Jabez Jappy Wolffe, one of the best swimmers of the first decade of the 20th century, attempted 21 unsuccessful crossings of the English Channel between 1906 and 1913. The British swimmer’s successful marathon swims included the 24-mile swim from Brighton to Worthing and back, 34 miles from Margaret to Herne Bay and back (9 hours
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Jon Erikson, a 1981 inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer was clearly efficient when it came to swimming the English Channel. Not only was he the youngest swimmer to completed a France-to-England crossing in 1969, but he also did a two-way crossing 10 years later with his first
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Donal Buckley showcases one of the youngest stars of the marathon swimming world, Owen O’Keefe of Ireland in today’s post on Loneswimmer.com (here). Owen‘s young voice speaks volumes on his guest post. Below is more on Owen: Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Jamie Patrick has closed out his Swim Camp in Hidden Valley Lake from May 17th-20th for 2012. “We have 50 swimmers coming from Pennsylvania, Colorado, Utah, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, and California. The campers will participate in over 800 miles of open water events this summer and will use the camp as part of their training.
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While some countries like Great Britain are beginning to see a greater number of women participating in open water relative to men, many countries and events are the world still see the number of men vs. women to be something like the FINIS-sponsored RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco. At the 2011 RCP Tiburon Mile,
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The first open water swim series in Austria, sponsored by BioLifestyle, will begin this year for swimmers of all ages and abilities with the following events: May 12th: 3.8K APFELLAND Schwimm-Marathon in Stubenberg June 16th: 4K HECHTSEE X-Treme in Tirol July 14th: 7K BestTrip BACKWATERMAN in Niederösterreich July 28th” 9L HALLSTÄTTERSEE Marathon in Oberösterreich August
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Rok Kerin, the top Slovenian professional marathon swimmer, is ranked on both the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix and the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuits. The multilingual, personable, well-traveled swimmer put together a short clip while training. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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When you have upwards to 18,000 swimmers participating in an open water swim over the course of a weekend, nearly half of the swimmers receive 5-digit race numbers – in itself a pretty unusual occurrence in the open water swimming world. The race numbers are also written with black marker pens on the athletes’ arms
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Open water swimmers tend to be a happy, self-confident but humble group of individuals. Feeling good is all part of the game, but looking good can also play a role for some. Where does makeup play a role in the open water world? Are cosmetics something to be considered? Opinions tend to go against use
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