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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “We have our 10th annual 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim coming up on October 8th with a few good distance swimmers coming from Argentina and Australia: Florencia Schlie, a globe-trotting marathon swimmer, Valeria Solanas, Fernando Dario Ciaramella who has been competing on the FINA Open Water Swimming […]
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Courtesy of Joanna Langfield about her grandmother Ida Elionsky and great uncle Henry Elionsky. “My grandmother, Ida Elionsky, and her brother Henry Elionsky was the first woman to swim around Manhattan, back in 1916. It is very nice to know her accomplishment has not been forgotten,” remarked Joanna Langfield. Over 100 years ago in September
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The stars couldn’t get any brighter in the open water swimming world when Kimberley Chambers, Lynne Cox and Suzanne Heim-Bowen were together last night in San Francisco. Chambers describes the experience, “Sometimes, we are blessed with a rare opportunity to spend time with not one, but TWO true legends.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Samir Barel of Brazil completed the final leg of his Tríplice Coroa (Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming) this morning with a Catalina Channel crossing in 8 hours 45 minutes. Among his support team are two FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix champions, a husband-and-wife team of Damián Blaum
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 1980, Steve Wozniak developed chest pains while training for his second attempt of the English Channel at the age of 64. He went for a medical check-up. As a result, the former truck driver had heart surgery that required five artery bypasses and an implant of an artificial
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michele Daschbach Fast was an American swimmer who grew up in Atherton, California and was the youngest of six children. The University of California Santa Barbara graduate met her husband Patrick in college and raised their 3 children in Seal Beach. She swam every morning in Seal Beach, touching
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Courtesy of Aquatic Capital of America, Long Beach, California. Klaus Barth is among the 15 aquatic luminaries to be honored by the Aquatic Capital of America in Long Beach, California on October 6th. Barth was renowned locally before his untimely death due to brain cancer. The personable German was an Olympic swimmer, coach of high
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Samir Barel of Brazil is preparing for his 33.7 km Catalina Channel crossing tonight, the last stage of his Tríplice Coroa (Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming). Among his support team are two FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix champions, a husband-and-wife team of Damián Blaum and Esther Nuñez,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Molnar [shown on right in both photos above] was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 1998. He is a Hungarian open water swimmer and coach of the Hungarian open water swimming team. During his career, he was crowned the International
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