Longest Streak In Open Water Swimming History
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Van Wisse may have the longest winning streak in open water swimming history. For 18 consecutive years, the English Channel swimmer and 3-time Manhattan Island Marathon Swim winner has won the Brighton Baths Health Club Winter Swimming Carnival.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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