Dennis Miller Continues To Rise
Dennis Miller of Fiji who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2013, was recently appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the FINA Bureau – one of the highest positions that can be obtained within the FINA Family.Miller was appointed along with South Africa’s Sam Ramsamy and will be forever remembered as the visionary who mapped out the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim concept on a napkin in a restaurant after a FINA open water swimming competition along with American Sid Cassidy and Australian Christopher Guesdon.
Their revolutionary plan – so simple, so inexpensive, and so replicable – eventually led to the sport of open water swimming being added to the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics and profoundly changed the sport of open water swimming in myriad ways.
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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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