Open Water Swimming International Competitions
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming has steadily grown around the world. Not only have the number of swimmers and coaches increased, but also so have the number of officials and volunteers.
With thousands of local open water swimming events added annually to the global open water schedule, more and more regional, national and international competitions have been hosted around the world.
Open water swimming has been formally added to the Olympic Games, the Universiade, the Special Olympics World Summer Games, the CrossFit Games, the Juegos Suramericanos (South American Games), the Southeast Asian Games, the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Asian Beach Games, the South American Beach Games (Juegos Suramericanos de Playa), the Pan American Games, the Polar Olympics, and several other international competitions.
The 20th World Maccabiah Games (משחקי המכביה) in Israel will also have open water swimming events (1.5 km), leaving only the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are the few international exceptions without open water events.
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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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