Say It Ain’t So Chloe Sutton
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every world-class open water swimmer comes from the pool swimming community. They trained hard, competed well, and then found their innate talents were best suited to the open water swimming world. They fine-tuned their skills and swimming technique first in the pool and then transferred their competitiveness and industriousness to the open water.
But Chloe Sutton, the highly popular and well-spoken American swimmer, was different. Very different.
She first became an Olympic swimmer in the 10 km marathon swim in 2008 and then shifted back to the pool when she then became an Olympic pool swimmer in 2012.
This enterprising young lady recently and unexpectedly retired.
The surprising news broke on SwimSwim.com here:
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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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