Courtesy of PDA Esportes, English Channel. Abilio Couto was the first Brazilian to swim across the English Channel in 1958. Since that time, there have been 30 swimmers who have 1st: Abilio Couto (France to England) in 12 hours 45 minutes in 1958 + 11 hours 33 minutes in 1959 + 12 hours 49 minutes in 19592nd: Kay France in 11 hours 36 minutes in
Honoring Abilio Couto On Brazilian Television Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Abilio Alvaro Da Costa Couto (nicknamed Pai das Águas Abertas no Brasil or father of open water swimming in Brazil) was a Brazilian from Ribeirão Preto who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer. He was awarded the
Daniel Couto On His Grandfather Abilio Couto On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Daniel Couto has commemorated the legacy of his grandfather as few others have done in the annals open water swimming history. Abilio Alvaro Da Costa Couto (nickname Pai das Águas Abertas no Brasil or father of open water swimming in
Abilio Couto, The Baron Of The Open Water Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Daniel Couto talked about the legacy of his grandfather Abilio Alvaro Da Costa Couto on today's WOWSA Live. There were a number of remarkable facts that were uncovered about Abilio, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer from Brazil,
The Legacy Of Pai das Águas Abertas no Brasil Courtesy of Daniel Vizeu Costa Couto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Abilio Alvaro Da Costa Couto is known as the Father of Open Water Swimming in Brazil (Pai das Águas Abertas no Brasil). He was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001 as an Honour Swimmer. It is estimated that Couto
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We love these photos provided by Daniel Vizeu Costa Couto from Abilio Couto who crossed the English Channel in 1958 and 1959. It was a different era when escorts included rowing boats in addition to escort boats. Ned Barnie (1896-1983) was nicknamed the Old Man of the Sea. The Scottish was the King of
Courtesy of Daniel Vizeu Costa Couto who updates the website of Abilio Couto, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer. The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) was a series of professional marathon swims in Canada that attracted the world's finest marathon swimmers of its day to compete in a variety of distances in and across lakes in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A 2002 Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Abilio Couto was one of those larger-than-life open water swimmers of the 20th century. Rivers, lakes and oceans: he enjoyed swimming and competing in all of them. The Brazilian who died in 1998 never quit; he always gave it his all
