Brooke Bennett, the Olympic gold medalist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 800-meter freestyle and Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and budding television announcer, has dabbled in the open water winning the world-class competitive Tiburon Mile in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003.
But she really showed her love of competition and support of open water swimming by flying across the country to be a feeder for Vincent Donnelly at the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships where she quietly and expertly went about providing hydration to her swimmer in the 10K.
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.