The Daily News Of Open Water Swimming

Courtesy of CIO Film, River Dniester, Republic of Moldova. The more one learns about Ion Lazarenco Tiron, the more one becomes inspired and humbled by his accomplishments, mindset and goals. Lazarenco, originally from the Republic of Moldova who currently lives and trains in Ireland, was voted as the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Man of […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Mike Arbuthnot took matters in his own hands in 1973 when 86-year-old Arbuthnot and his two friends Dick Park and Brian Glover were unable to compete in the Buffalo Mile in East London, South Africa due to petrol restrictions during the 1973 oil crisis. The trio of friends decided

Courtesy of Quinn Fitzgerald of WOWSA, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. From globally renowed ice swimmers from Ram Barkai to Samantha Whelpton to Olympians and world champions Chad Ho, Terence Parkin, Michelle Weber, and Penny Heyns, and a number of disabled swimmers and family members numbering over 13,000 swimmers, the Who’s Who of the South African open

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For the most hardened marathon swimmers, doing 5 consecutive ocean swims of 3.86 km on 5 different islands on 5 different days in Hawaii is not that big a deal. It is not even much of a training. But that all radically changes when those five ocean swims of

Photo courtesy of Press of Atlantic City/Ben Fogletto, Absecon Island, Atlantic City, New Jersey. German swimmer Britta Kamrau was escorted by coach Augusto Corestein and the first female rowing team (Erin Sykes and Mary Logue) in the 36.2 km Atlantic City Around the Island Swim that was held on August 13th 2005 [shown above]. Read

Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. Lynn Kubasek, who recently passed away from pancreatic cancer, was honored with the 2018 Streeter Award. The Streeter Award for Service to Marathon Swimming is an award given by the Marathon Swimmers Federation for Outstanding Service to the Sport of Marathon Swimming as part of its Global Marathon Swimming Awards.

Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. Martyn Webster enjoyed and experienced a Barraesque year in 2018. The 51-year-old British, one of the World’s Top 50 Most Adventurous Swimmers, received the 2019 Barra Award for Most Outstanding Year of Marathon Swimming (all considered) from the Marathon Swimmers Federation. * On April 14th, he completed a 14.4 km

Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Triple Crown of South America is decribed by Adherbal de Oliveira, founder of the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal. “The 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in 18°C – 26°C water in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 1.6 km