Happy Birthday, David Burke
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Disabled Irish swimmer David Burke with family and friends enjoyed a unique birthday cake that celebrates his participation in two separate relays across the North Channel.
Burke was a member of Eleven Feet, together with Jacqueline Galway, Alison Caldwell, Adrian Poucher, Barry Patterson, and John McElroy with Pádraig Mallon, pilots Brian Meharg and Mervyn Kinny, and crew Chris Cooke, Milo McCourt, and Eoghan Jones. The relay completed the 21-mile between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 12 hours 52 minutes in July 2014.
Burke was a member of the Infinity V North Channel Relay Team, a 5-person relay that included Joe Belton, Gillian McShane, Noel Grimes, and Thomas O’Hagan with Ian Conroy and Patricia McParland as crew and Pádraig Mallon as escort pilot in 13 hours 15 minutes in August 2015.
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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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