Jérémie Bonneau, Young Man With Huge Responsibility
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Local. Check.
Bilingual. Check.
Lifeguard. Check.
Coach. Check.
Volunteer. Check.
Committee member. Check.
Amateur participant. Check.
Professional participant. Check.
Jérémie Bonneau has checked off all the boxes when he applied for the position of the Directeur Général of the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, the most prestigious, historic, and one of the most competitive professional marathon swimming competitions in the world.
The 27-year-old Canadian from Roberval, Québec is ideal for the position to run such an organization.
“This organization means a lot to me. I really have it at heart. I am eager to get to work with, as main objectives, the development of open water swimming and the event itself,” said the precocious young man.
Bonneau has participated as an athlete in the 10 km Rio Tinto Alcan Youth Marathon in 2004, 2007 and 2008 and the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in 2009 and 2010. He has also served as a lifeguard, coach and member of the Swimming Committee (2011-2014) and co-chair of the organization committee (2015).
He is a man born and bred to carry on the historic event in Québec, Canada.
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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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