John Brenkus Educates, Entertains And Excites
John Brenkus is one of the most effective and entertaining educators in all sports throughout the United States. His medium is television and his artistry is an intersection of sport and science. He is an Ironman triathlete and an open water swimmer who completed the 12.6-mile Distance Swim Challenge from Manhattan Beach to Santa Monica Beach in Southern California.
Host of the wildly popular ESPN SportScience, the outgoing endurance athlete produces an Emmy Award-winning American television series that explores the science and engineering underlying athletic endeavors.
John Brenkus and crew film the show inside a Los Angeles airport hangar or on location using a mobile laboratory. Each episode analyzes different sports phenomenon and explains myriad human movement using motion sensors and accelerometers. Professional athletes are featured prominently and are used to test the limits of the human body including Olympic champion breaststroker and current open water swimmer Rebecca Soni.
For more information on ESPN SportScience, visit here.
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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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