Looking Forward To Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The United States Olympic Committee will send over 500 representative athletes to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games next summer in Brazil.*
Among all those choices, the U.S.O.C. choose standout open water swimmer Haley Andersen to kick-off its campaign of Team USA gear. For more information, visit here.
* In 2012, USA sent 530 athletes to the London Games (261 men + 269 women) in 25 sports who won 104 medals (46 gold + 29 silver + 29 bronze), one of which was earned by Anderson who swam for nearly 2 hours and was just touched-out by 0.4 seconds for gold by Éva Risztov in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.
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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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