Patti Bauernfeind Keeps Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Patti Bauernfeind keeps swimming and swimming while working in Silicon Valley and raising money for Trust in Education.
As she has been raising funds to provide education and health services to women and children in Afghanistan, she keeps swimming: across Lake Tahoe, across Lake Zurich, across the Red Triangle, across Monterey Bay, across the Catalina Channel, around Manhattan Island, and today, across the English Channel in 10 hours 45 minutes to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
Her coach and fellow board member of the Monterey Bay Swimming Association Joel Wilson reported, “Patti got it done and she nailed it very well. The Channel was rather bumpy at the start, but it settled down after about 3 hours. Then, some nasty little jellies showed up to try to stop her, leaving some wicked welts across her neck. Fortunately, they didn’t stay too long and Patti continued on to the French coast, scrambling over the rocks and clearing the water just before dark.
[It was] a great day in the Channel. We’re looking forward to hot tea and hot showers and a good night of sleep.”
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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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