King Is Queen In The Ocean
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Together with Jeff Miller of the Virgin Islands and Greg O’Connor of Massachusetts, New Yorker Lori King was nominated for the 2016 Yudovin Award for Most Adventurous Swim.
King, who replicated a circumnavigation first done 40 years ago, took 21 hours 19 minutes to complete a 36.5-mile circumnavigation swim around Bermuda together with support crew members Mike Cash, observers Nick Strong and Ilya Cherapau, captains Jim Butterfield and Brian Estes, kayakers Russell Demoura and Alex Hammond, photographer Roseli Johnson, feeder/pace swimmer Devon Clifford, and coach Bonnie Schwartz.
For an official announcement from the Marathon Swimmers Federation, visit here.
For additional information about King’s circumnavigation swim, read Lori King Swims Around Bermuda In Just Over 21 Hours, Lori King Talks With Sean O’Connell About Bermuda, and The Bar Is Continuously Raised In The Open Water.
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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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