Pulling For Petar
Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Petar Stoychev [shown above swimming in Antarctica] will be honored as an Honor Swimmer together with British swimmers Rebecca Adlington, American swimmer Amanda Beard, Australian swimmer Libby Trickett, American water polo player Brenda Villa, American water polo contributor Andy Burke, Russian diver Irina Lashko, Australian coach Bill Sweetenham, Japanese synchronized swimmer Miho Takeda, American synchronized swimmer Joy Cushman, and American swimmer Ian Crocker as the International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
The 54th International Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on May 19th.
Concurrently to the ISHOF weekend ceremonies, the 2018 Paragon Awards and ISHOF Awards will be presented on May 18th with the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa as the host hotel. For more hotel or ticket information, contact Meg Keller-Marvin at [email protected]
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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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