Chad Hundeby Honored By The International Swimming Hall Of Fame
Chad Hundeby of Irvine, California will be inducted in the Honoree Class 2012 at the International Swimming Hall of Fame‘s 47th Annual Induction Ceremonies, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 12th 2012. Chad won FINA’s World Swimming Championship race in 1991 in the 25K and broke a 16-year-old English Channel record in 1994 with a 7 hours and 17 minutes and won almost every major long distance race in the world during his career. He was honored as the Open Water Swimmer of the Year by the USA Swimming in 1991, 1993 and 1994.
He also set a Catalina Channel record in 1993 in 8 hours and 14 minutes and was later on a Catalina Channel record-setting relay.
As a college student-athlete, he competed for Southern Methodist University team.
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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.
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