David Yudovin’s Legacy Around The Globe
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. David Yudovin has a handle on things.
His family knows. His friends know. His co-workers know. And the marathon swimming community knows very well.
This past weekend, Yudovin of California was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame on the Isle of Bute in Scotland for his four decades in the sport. He has pioneered 15 channel swims across the globe from Asia to Africa including doing many traditional channel crossings over his career. A successful entrepreneur, Yudovin has planted the seeds of ocean swimming in many places around the globe literally where no man has ever swum before.
This exposure of the sport to many people around the globe is arguably one of his greatest legacies.
Photo by Ram Barkai at the 2014 International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on the Isle of Bute in Scotland.
Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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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