Emmanuel Hiriart Growing Open Water Swimming In Beirut
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
Emmanuel Hiriart is an open water swimming and triathlon coach with over 2 decades of racing experience. He has established Mountainride in Beirut, Lebanon.
Hiriart organizes workouts and training camps with dreams to develop open water swimming in Lebanon. “I will organize a 8-10 km race in Tripoli north Lebanon around the Rabbits Island this spring. I want to launch open water swimming in this country that is not very concerned of the sea.
But I launched some open water swimming sessions that are open to everyone. We now have up to 40 swimmers who train regularly.”
For more information, visit Mountainride here.
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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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