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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Pamela Dickson is a 56-year-old grandmother of ten who became the oldest person to swim 40.2K across Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in New Zealand, in 13 hours 56 minutes. The oldest person to swim the Cook Strait dug deep and proved that her chronological age was less important than the rhythm she has developed […]
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Rebekah Boscariol took a page out of another Canadian teenager’s marathon swimming history when she swam 52 kilometers across Lake Ontario this August. Replicating what the famous Marilyn Bell did in 1954, the 17-year-old swam for 15 hours and 33 minutes to come close to setting a new record. But her motivation and goal
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Yutaka Shinozaki founded and has developed the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) to be a 9-month-long, 14-part open water swimming series in Japan. From Okinawa to Honshu, Shinozaki-san and his staff and volunteers have created an enjoyable, safe, competitive open water swim series for all ages and abilities. From the pre-race beach clean-ups
Bruckner Chase is bringing together the world of ocean environmentalism to the growing community of open water swimmers. Meeting after meeting, Bruckner is leveraging governmental resources from Washington D.C. to Samoa to conduct a number of ocean-related initiatives together with innovative open water swimming programs. He is also creating international open water swimming programs for
Progetto Adriatico was a 23 hour and 44 minute marathon swim from Italy to Albania in the Adriatic Sea by Massimo Voltolina. The English Channel swimmer and Ironman triathlete Massimo swam 85K across the Otranto Channel. Massimo started from the southeastern coast of Italy and headed eastward to Albania across a rough Adriatic Sea. His
Anna-Carin Nordin is a 41-year-old Swedish English Channel swimmer who successfully swam two marathon swims in two completely different parts of the world. Following her passion, her summer season started with a 41K cold-water marathon swim between Sweden and Finland in 14 hours 51 minutes. It culminated with an equally tough 42K warm-water crossing
Ana Marcela Cunha had dreams of returning to the Olympics after she finished fifth in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 16-year-old was only 5 seconds outside the bronze medal in the 2-hour race. But she missed out on her second Olympics by a mere 4 seconds at the 2011
WOWSA Performance of the Year Nominee Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge (Chile and Argentina) – Adventure at the Tip of South America Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood and Andrew Chin, friends and teammates from South Africa, attempted and succeeded at the Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge.
Stephen Redmond is swimming like a man possessed, working fast to achieve the Ocean’s Seven. But he trains with only a 16-meter pool and the Irish Sea at his disposal. Cold, solitary, rough are the conditions in which Stephen pounds out the miles: year-round, quietly, stoically, without complaint and without reservations. His commitment to training
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Retired surgeon Dr. Roger Allsopp showed society and the global open water swimming society what is physically possible in the latter half of life. The 70-year-old dynamo successfully crossed the English Channel in 17 hours and 51 minutes to become the oldest person to ever do so. Despite a six-meter spring tide, Dr. Allsopp endured
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