Daniel Takata Gomes Goes 3 For 3 With FINA
Daniel Takata Gomes is a statistician, professor and talented columnist and reporter of pool and open water swimming. Takata writes for and helps produce the SWIM Channel, the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. On the writing side, Takata won the FINA Aquatics World Magazine international short story competition for the third year in a row.
In 2011, FINA recognized his reporting of the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China called The Greatest Show On Earth. In 2012, FINA awarded him for his reporting of the 25 qualifiers of the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympic Games called The Magic 25. In 2013, FINA recognized his imaginary story of Johnny Weissmuller coming back to life in Barcelona in a story The Return of the King (shown above).
The jury for the FINA Short Story Competition comprised of the FINA Executive and members of the FINA Media Committee.
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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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