Too Far, Too Cold, Too Rough? No Problem For Claudio Plit

Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced Claudio Plit of Argentina as an International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer.

The ISHOF induction Class of 2014 included Mercedes Gleitze (Great Britain), Dale Petranech (USA), Claudio Plit (Argentina), Judith van Berkel-de Nijs (Netherlands), George Young (Canada), and David Yudovin (USA).

Plit’s introductory ISHOF video is shown above.

Below is a video when Colin Hill interviewed Plit in Viedma, Argentina during the 2017 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup.

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