Amanda Fair Horton Working Towards Open Water Mastery
A new year is a great time to seek new goals and Amanda Fair Horton is a budding open water swimmer with a resolution that swimming will be another lap on her journey towards health. She has been inspired by Lynne Cox, one of the who’s-who of the sport.
Lynne’s equivalent in sports would be Michael Jordan in basketball or Babe Ruth in baseball or Pele in soccer or Michael Phelps in the pool.
Lynne’s sterling reputation was established throughout a lifelong series of channel and extreme open water swimming accomplishments – and enhanced daily as she Lynne continues to touch lives and inspire others. Through words and speeches, so soothing in its delivery, yet so challenging in its context, she connects in a personal way with many on their own path towards their own goals.
Amanda, the freelance singer who works for the American Red Cross, explains this year’s goals, “Swimming is an edifying personal challenge for me. It is very much about working towards mastering a skill as well as about physical and mental health.”
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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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