Plivački Maraton Jarak-Šabac In Serbia
Vojislav Mijici is organizing the 41st annual Sabac Swim Marathon from Jarak to Sabac, Serbia. The 18.7K race, held on August 1st, doubles as a stop on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit.Rok Kerin of Slovenia won last year’s event that is also known as the Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac, held in the Sava River from the city of Jarak (Јарак), a town of 2,200 people, to Šabac. This year, already 32 professional swimmers from 15 countries are signed up and ready to compete for the cash prizes.
Stops in the 2010 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix include Rosario (Argentina), Santa Fe (Argentina), Hernandarias-Parana (Argentina), Sumidero Canyon (Mexico), Capri-Napoli (Italy), Lac St-Jean (Canada), Sabac (Serbia), Lac Memphremagog (Canada), Ohrid Lake (Macedonia) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
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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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