10 x Strait Of Gibraltar
With great conditions, an interational group of marathon swimmers tackled the Strait of Gibraltar where ten athletes ultimately crossed from Spain to MoroccoSpaniards Juan Domínguez, Jorge Estalella, José Antonio Peix, José María López and Jorge Balbas, Australians Brendan Capll and Ky Hurst, and Americans Kevin Owens, Amy Marie Aukstikalnis and Alan Morelli completed the unprecedented mass crossing. The wetsuited group completed the crossing between 4 hours 53 minutes and 5 hours 8 minutes.
A documentary is being editted now on the challenges and obstacles that these swimmers faced, especially Amy, a cancer survivor, and Alan, a car accident victim, who both overcame tremendous odds to become only one of the relative few to swim between Europe and Africa. Their story is an engaging, compelling one brought to the silver screen.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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