Padraig Mallon Accepts Accolades And Awards
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pádraig Mallon received the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award today at the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. One of the very few people in history who did both an ice swim and a full Ironman Triathlon and quick turn-around of both the English Channel and North Channel, Mallon has been inspiring people around him for his entire career as an athlete, event organiser and supporter of athletic goals for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
Photo of Shelley Taylor-Smith, Pádraig Mallon, and Steven Munatones courtesy of Ram Barkai.
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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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