From Hungary To Hong Kong, Swim With Attila Mányoki
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Mányoki, a Hungarian swimmer who has completed 4 Oceans Seven channels, is hosting an open water swimming workshop at the Cold Half in Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong on January 31st.
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Mányoki has completed over 200 open water events around the globe, most over 25 km. He swam 80 km in 25 hours 32 minutes, the English Channel, the Tsugaru Channel in Japan with 7 hour 29 minute, set a new swim record across the Molokai Channel in 12 hours 2 minutes in difficult conditions, and completed a 10 hour 59 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel a few days after Molokai.
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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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