Nora Toledano & Mariel Hawley: Las Reinas De Los 7 Mares
Courtesy of Televisa Chapultepec, Matutino Express, Televisa, Mexico City. After Nora Toledano Cadena and Mariel Hawley Dávila both successfully cross the Cook Strait and returned home to Mexico, they have been in the Mexican media’s eye with appearances on top television talk shows and popular sports radio programs.
Toledano became the first Mexican woman and the 14th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven when the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer completed a tandem crossing with Elizabeth Fry of the Cook Strait in 9 hours 54 minutes.
Toledano wrote, “I feel lucky to be living this adventure with my friends Elizabeth Fry and Mariel Hawley Dávila with whom I shared dreams, seas and strokes.”
Mariel Hawley Dávila became the third Mexican and the 15th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven with an 11 hour 45 minute crossing of the Cook Strait from the North Island to South Island in New Zealand.
Toledano’s radio interview on Vivo Deporte about the Oceans Seven and their last channel swim across the Cook Strait can be heard here:
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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.
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