Greta Andersen swam against Cliff Lumsdon and Herman Willemse, a trio of dual inductees in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Kim Rutherford Achieves a Dream Across Strait of Juan de Fuca Courtesy of Terri Schneider, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington (USA) - Vancouver (Canada). Kimberly Rutherford likes hard. Really, really hard - and preferably cold. Really really cold. The 60-year-old California ice and marathon swimmer, coach and administrator was the third person in history
Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2013 when Cliff Lumsdon was inducted as an Honor Open Water Swimmer. Read about Lumsdon and his fellow honorees of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2013 here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame about Cliff Lumsdon's 1959 Canadian National Exhibition victory in Lake Ontario, Canada.
Jerry Kerschner Has Suit, Will Travel Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jerry Kerschner was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1978. His professional marathon swimming career spanned from 1946 to 1954. In 1948, he won a 12-mile swim in Lake George, New York and the famous 10-mile swim Canadian National
This week in Florida, Clifford Douglas "Cliff" Lumsdon Jr. will be entered into the International Swimming Hall of Fame for his illustrious career as a cold water specialists and professional marathon swimmer. The five-time world champion between 1949 and 1954 was famous for his ability to swim in cold water, once going 51.5 km (32 miles) in 18-plus hours
Bert Thomas was 17 years old during World War II when he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After a tough boot camp typical of the Marines, he was sent to the Pacific theater and fought in the bloody battles in the Marshal Islands, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. Trained and experienced in amphibious assaults, Thomas quickly learned to swim in the ocean as a native of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Richard Weinberger emerged as another one of the Canadian long distance freestyle swimming stars over the past few years. Along with Ryan Cochrane who captured a silver in the 1500m pool event, Weinburger was the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim bronze medalist as he hung with Ous Mellouli and Thomas Lurz. And
The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2013 and it included one of the all-time greats of open water swimming. The ten individuals selected for induction include Cliff Lumsdon of Canada, along with Gary Hall, Jr., Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED), Yana Klochkova (UKR), Dagmar Hase (GER), Hu Jia (CHN), Nathalie Schneyder (USA), Milivoj
Cliff Lumsdon (Canada), Kevin Murphy (Great Britain), Des Renford (Australia) and their female counterparts Cindy Nicholas, Alison Streeter and Shelley Taylor-Smith call to mind how incredibly resilient and passionate open water swimmers can be. The training that goes behind channel swims, lake swims and marathon swims is largely unseen．They are largely
