Culminating The Swim Across The Continents
In order to promote the last leg of his Swim Across The Continents, Marcos Díaz is planning a swim from the United Nations.Since May, Dominican Republic’s Marcos has engaged an innovative and ambitious project called the ‘Swim Across The Continents‘ for the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.
Marcos has swum between the Pacific and Asia (from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia on May 15th), between Asia and Africa (from Jordan to Egypt on June 20th), between Africa and Europe (from Morocco to Spain on July 30th) and will swim between Europe and America (from Russia to Alaska).
On September 15th after completing these four crossings, Marcos will visit New York City to do a symbolic swim from the Statue of Liberty to the Gantry Plaza State Park in front of the United Nations headquarters. In a dramatic touch, he will deliver a document to the Secretary-General of the United Nations that contains the signatures and wishes of the hundreds of thousands of people that have joined this project in a very special and unique way to demand the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in a fight against poverty.
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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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