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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vedika Bolliger looked absolutely radiant after she completed her 42 hour 45 minute crossing of Lake Geneva in 1999.*
From Villeneuve to Geneva, the distance was 75 km reported Vasanti Niemz.
In addition to her historic crossing, Bolliger also made 5 crossings of the English Channel including swims of 14 hours 45 minutes in 1990, 16 hours 0 minutes in 1996, 16 hours 29 minutes in 2001, 23 hours 20 minutes in 21 August 2002, and 22 hours 27 minutes in 2003 in addition to doing the 26.4 km International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim a total of 16 times as a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team.
* It was rumored that her crossing of Lake Geneva was done in a wetsuit, but photos from the event show that no neoprene was used.
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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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