Christiane Fanzares Follows In The Wake Of London, Beijing
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the successes of the inaugural Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the follow-up success in the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the marathon swim is coming to Copacabana Beach for the 2012 Rio Olympics.
Former professional marathon swimmer and English Channel swimmer Christiane Fanzeres is the Marathon Swimming Technical Operations Manager for the Rio Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
It will be the first time that a woman has held this position.
The standard was first set by the Chinese and since elevated by the work of Colin Hill and his colleagues in London. The planning of the 2-hour race takes about 2 years.
The Brazilian national open water swimming team – ranked Number One in the world – and the rest of the open water swimming community is pulling for Fanzeres to pull off another stunning marathon swimming event at the Olympics.
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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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