Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel.
Sophia Brunt is a 28-year-old British open water swimmer, primary school teacher, a former triathlete and competitive swimmer with the Wimbledon Dolphins Swimming Club, a STA swimming teacher, coach, and a member of the Serpentine Swimming Club.
She is active to say the least. But in the year of the pandemic, Brunt had to become creative in her preparations to attempt a crossing of the English Channel in September 2020. “I trained with The King’s Swimmers at Dover Harbour and Deal Beach. Due to COVID, I had to find all kinds of alternatives to keep fit and had to be quite mentally prepared for anything.”
Her training proved useful as she started her crossing at 10:30 pm with escort pilot Stuart Gleeson and swam through the night in challenging conditions as the weather turned creating tough conditions, finishing in 15 hours 15 minutes.
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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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