Hurray For Hirai
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yasunari Hirai, an Olympic 10K marathon swimmer from Japan, launched a new personal website – see here.
The magazine cover model from Chiba Prefecture (north of Tokyo) is a hungry athlete. He thrives on competition, both domestically throughout Japan and internationally across 5 continents around the world. He travels and trains where he can find passionate, knowledgable coaches who love pushing their athletes.
Hirai is shown below in the 2012 Olympic 10K marathon swim where he placed 15th.
He is looking forward to not only improve his position in the next Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, but even to extend his career into his thirties at the elite level and podium for his native Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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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.
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