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Photo by Pei Qingsheng in Beijing, China shows Canadian swimmers Karley Stutzel at the end of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Patagonia, Chile. Bárbara Hernández is an extreme Chilean swimmer. No neoprene for me where she occasionally trains high up in the Andes Mountain range at 3800 meters (12,467 feet) in water that falls to 3°C. She competes on the winter swimming circuit, frequently decorated for her accomplishments including the top world ranking
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Courtesy of Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation, South Bay, California. Dave Loeffler completed his Big Swim on October 8th – 9th. Nancy Miller of the Jimmy Miller Foundation is hosting an event on November 5th in his hometown of Prescott, Arizona at the Prescott Resort. The event will honor his swim that brought attention to disabled
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Lautman – Absolute top medal winner at the 2018 International Winter Swimming with 8 golds and 2 silvers in his age group – Recently retired from a career as a Human Resources Executive at Alaska Airlines and using some of his newfound free time to explore winter swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 12. Scott Lautman (USA, age 55) in 1 hour 18 minutes on January 21st 2009 Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Río Paraná, Argentina. The 1993-1994 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series kicked off at the 3rd 88 km Maraton Nautica Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná on February 14th 1993. In the warm 24-26°C river water of the Río Paraná and very warm 36-39°C air temperatures, the world’s fastest professional marathon swimmers who swimming up
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Celebrating 10 Years of Swimming the Kingdom 80 Swims – 764.8 Miles As 2018 comes to a close, we are celebrating 10 years of organized, supported, amateur, open water swimming in the legendary lakes of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. We started with the 1, 3, and 10-mile distances
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is no holiday when you are a hard-core open water swimmer. You might be on vacation, but you will find yourself always looking at bodies of water and thinking, “I wonder what the water temp is? I wonder if anyone has swum there before? I wonder how long
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. n August 20th 1984, John York (8 hours 54 minutes 1 second), Rick Heltzel (9 hours 4 minutes 12 seconds), Mohamed Ibrahim Elwakeel (9 hours 23 minutes 6 seconds), Carol Lee Heltzel (9 hours 28 minutes 28 seconds), Alison Streeter (9 hours 33 minutes 0 seconds), Lamiaa Zahy (9
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