Great Open Water Swimming Performances Of 2009
The official results of the global World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year poll, won by Andrew Smilley of the Cayman Islands for his cold-water San Francisco Bay swim in the RCP Tiburon Mile were tabulated and confirmed – and are shown below.With 9,133 votes cast by fans around the globe, Andrew barely out-voted the world record setting relay team of Camlough as the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year:
1. Andrew Smilley: 2,086 votes
2. Camlough team: 2,003 votes
3. Kane Radford: 1,197 votes
4. Julian Crabtree: 985 votes
5. Petar Stoychev: 596 votes
6. Karen Rodgers: 583
7. Chantelle Le Guilcher: 484 votes
8. Liz Fry: 434 votes
9. Jade Scognamillo: 212 votes
10. Lisa Cummins: 112 votes
11. Tasmin Powell: 89 votes
12. Liane Llewellyn: 75 votes
13. Rostislav Vitek: 53 votes
14. Patti Bauernfeind: 52 votes
15. Lake Taupo Triple-crossing Team: 35 votes
16. Melissa Gorman: 35 votes
17. Penny Palfrey: 22 votes
18. Keri-Anne Payne: 19 votes
18. Ram Barkai and Andrew Chin: 19 votes
20. Thomas Lurz: 15 votes
21. Angela Maurer: 12 votes
22. Riaan Schoeman: 9 votes
23. Valerio Cleri: 6 votes
An amazing terrific group of aquatic adventurers who represent the best that the sport of open water swimming has to offer.
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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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