The Intelligence Of Open Water Swimmers
If you look at the open water swimming world, there are a whole lot of smart people. It makes sense: the sport requires diligence and dedication while combining tactics and strategy in a dynamic environment.It is frankly rare at the Olympic level, the top athletes have their PhD’s. But in Beijing, the open water swimming world had one – Edith van Dijk of the Netherlands. The head of the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation is Nick Adams, a teacher at Eton College. The current world 25K champion is Alex Meyer, a graduate of Harvard University.
And the current 5K world champion, Eva Fabian (shown above), has the smarts of her fellow intellectuals. Eva will be matriculating to Yale University, one of the top universities in the world, later this year.
Congratulations to her.
Note: Eva and her coach/father will be appearing on Open Water Wednesday this month.
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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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