Swann Oberson Is Having The Time Of Her Life
SWITZERLAND. Not only did Swann Oberson win the 5K world championship in Shanghai and qualify for the Olympics for the second time in 2011, but she also became an ambassador for the brand deLaCour at the GTE Superwatch Awards Ceremony this past December.Swann, the first world open water swimming champion from Switzerland, proudly showed off the lovely timepiece from the deLaCour Promess Collection for every second counts in her quest for a medal at the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km in London on August 9th.
Photo by Feng Li of Getty Images AsiaPac shows Swann Oberson (#42) celebrating while wearing a transponder, not a deLaCour timepiece, after she crossed the finish line to win her first world championship.
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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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