International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Dale Petranech, chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF), announced its Honor Class of 2009 and, as usual, its inductees are an incredible group of open water swimming specialists.Each of the honorees has a wealth of experience and a long history of success in the open water – their stories, backgrounds and accomplishments will be highlighted over the next few days. They join over 200 other honorees International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in Florida.
The Davids Wheeler Award was given to Chris Guesdon of Australia. Bill Sadlo Jr. was selected as the Pioneer Swimmer. Chris Guesdon of Australia and Ray Brickell and Reg Brickell Jr. of Great Britain were honored as Administrators. The class of 2009 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame swimmers included Aleksey Akatyev of Russia, Yuri Kudinov of Russia,
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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