Matías Ola, Uniting The World Through The Open Water
Inspired by Marcos Díaz’s Swim Across The Continents, Matías Ola is training for his own global series of swims called the Unir el Mundo project.Ola will shed the neoprene as a Argentine specialist in cold water swimming. His Unir el Mundo project includes the following swims:
1. Strait of Gibraltar from Marruecos in Morocco to Tarifa, Spain
2. 86 km Bering Strait Crossing – international relay team
3. Bering Strait from Big Diomede Island, Russia to Little Diomede, Alaska
4. From Papua New Guinea to Jayapura, Indonesia
5. From Aquaba, Jordan to Egypt
6. From Europe to Asia in Turkey
7. To the Isla de los Estados in Tierra del Fuego in Argentina
He has quite a team behind him with 8 people including Pablo Testa, his trainer, Christian Alberto Espinola, Technical assistant, Coach, Lifeguard and Rescue Swimmer, Patricia Whigtman, Psychologist, Dr. Fernando Estevan, an Intensive Care Specialist, Dr. Eduardo Reges, a Mountain Care Specialist, José Luis Schanzenbach, a documentary photographer, and Ariel Calderon, a Documentary Cinema Director.
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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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