Guillermo Venturini Comes Back, 57 km Is The Start
65-year-old Guillermo Venturini from Miramar, Florida is motivated to stick around. Venturini had a stroke a few years ago and was sick. But he took to the water and and started swimming again after a respite of 23 years. When he was a young man, he swam the 57 km from Santa Fe to Coronda in Argentina (along the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda course). His health condition was an inspiration for him to attempt to do it again.
Focused and fit since 2011, he was able to achieve his goal of completing the most famous 57 km marathon river swim course in the world in 9 hours 44 minutes in 2014.
Motivated to live longer and more healthfully with his family, he is achieving his goal on terra firma through health developed in the open water.
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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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