Mazen Aziz At Southern Illinois University
One of the top professional marathon swimmers in the world, and a former FINA World Cup winner, Mazen Mohamed Aziz of Egypt, is now training at Southern Illinois University under the tutelage of the Americas Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Rick Walker.“We are pleased to have Mazen join us here at Southern Illinois University,” said Rick.
“He will be an asset to our distance program and we can provide him with legitimate training for Open Water. SIU continues to be a leading university in the US for open water distance swimmers to come to America and get an education compete in the pool as well as keep their focus on their open water endeavors.”
Photo by Aqualoja at the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Setubal, Portugal.
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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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