2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees
Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Please send nominations to the Nomination Committee here. Nominations are received and judged by experienced open water swimming commentators from five continents.The award is meant to honor the individual(s) who (1) best embody the spirit of open water swimming, (2) possesses the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and (3) have most positively influenced the world of open water swimming during calendar year 2011.
The 2009 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was Andrew Smilley from the Cayman Islands for swimming in the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay. The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was the American Ventura Deep Six team that swam 202 miles along the California coast (shown above at the United Nations).
Photo by Skip Storch of John Chung representing the Ventura Deep Six (Jim McConica, Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, Jim Neitz, Mike Shaffer and John Chung) at the United Nations.
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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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