Barbara Pellick, 20 Years In The Making Of A Heroine
From the shores of Western Australia, Barbara Pellick rises like a mermaid, swims like a dolphin, and smiles like a star wherever her marathon swims take her.This August 11th, she completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with an 11 hour 19 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel.
A veteran of over 20 years of marathon swimming, she has also completed a 12:23 English Channel swim, a three-way English Channel relay, a 4th-place finish in the 2000 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 15 minutes, and participated in the unprecedented 120 km Lake Taupo three-way relay. She has also completed 23 (and counting) solo Rottnest Channel Swims, the first non-stop double crossing of the Rottnest Channel, and numerous other ocean swims under her swim cap.
Photo courtesy of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation Facebook page.
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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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