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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephanie Hopson is a 39-year-old American open water swimmer and a member of the 24-hour Club. On CNN (posted here), she explained her dramatic two-stage attempt to cross the English Channel this summer. During her first attempt of the English Channel, her escort boat ran into a crab pot […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In addition to becoming the first person to complete the Chorizo Four, Spain’s Daniel Martinez Lobo achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming today with a circumnavigation swim at the 20 Bridges Circumnavigation Swim of Manhattan. A Spanish open water swimmer from the Serpentine Swimming Club, he is
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Courtesy of 7Q2 about Natalie du Toit, circa 2015. An interview by 7Q2 here with the only amputee in Olympic swimming history to final in an Olympic swimming event, Natalie du Toit of South Africa in the 2008 Beijing 10 km marathon swim. She not only finished fourth in the 2008 FINA World Open Water
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Courtesy of Joanna Langfield about her grandmother Ida Elionsky and great uncle Henry Elionsky. The sport of open water swimming is unique in the world of athletics and extreme sports. While men are often the most dominant figures in any given sport, open water swimming has long been influenced by women from pioneers like Annette
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Courtesy of British Pathé. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few dual Hall of Fame inductees in history. A dual inductee includes a very limited number of athletes who are in two of the aquatic Hall of Fames: International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) and the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Toni Enderli launched his Oceans Seven campaign on Doodles Beach in South Africa. His global effort to swim the English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait, and North Channel is supporting Sea Rescue, the National Sea Rescue Institute that teaches water safety to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In August 1988, Kristian Rutford of Lincoln, Nebraska began his journey to the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. He quickly knocked off the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and the English Channel in 10 hours 44 minutes, both in 1988. Then, he stopped crossing channels and starting focus on
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