Anne Marie Ward won the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award in the year she successfully crossed the North Channel
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from June 2012) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), USA Swimming national team coach Anne Marie Ward spoke with Steven Munatones on a variety of topics. Ward was the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and is an inductee of the Hall of Fame
The Splendid Failure And Many Successes By Mercedes Gleitze Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced Mercedes Gleitze as an International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Pioneer Swimmer. The ISHOF induction Class of 2014
The Vision Of Ouma Courtesy of WOWSA, Bizerte, Tunisia. Ouma, or swimming in the sea, is a concept being pushed locally and nationally in Tunisia by visionary Nejib Belhedi. The growing program brings hundreds of children and teenagers during each session to the Tunisian coastline who are taught by adults. The children and teenagers are grouped
Nejib Belhedi Inspires A Nation Of Future Swimmers Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hang around the shores of Dover or Sandycove Island in Cork, Ireland and swimmers are surrounded by like-minded athletes, coaches, trainers, pilots and volunteers. Train with the Dolphin Club and South End Rowing Club members in Aquatic Park in San
2017 Global Open Water Swimming Conference In Tunisia Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The first Global Iron Swim in Tunisia will be held with the 2017 Global Open Water Swimming Conference and the WOWSA Awards this September at the coastal Bizerte Resort Hotel in Tunisia. Majdouline Cherni, Minister of Youth and Sports of Tunisia,
Ouma Gives Rise To Iron Swim & Open Water Conference Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Majdouline Cherni, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Tunisia, honored Nejib Belhedi as the Tunisian winner of the World Man of the Year 2016 in the aftermath of being voted as the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year. "It was a very big
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matthew Moseley swam shore-to-shore to the sound of music across Lake Pontchartrain in 14 hours 55 minutes, an historic swimming first. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Wayne Ewing used Moseley's traverse across Lake Pontchartrain as the background to a new documentary film, Dancing In The Water. In the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jim Anderson of Honolulu, Hawaii was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Administrator at the 2014 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame on the Isle of Bute. Anderson was recognized for serving as a dedicated, long-time race director who has been organizing swims
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most remarkable ice swimmers in the world is Jackie Cobell. Gritty and determined, personable and extroverted, the warm-hearted English channel swimmer has all the tools necessary to handle cold water for long distances. "Even when I was a child, I enjoyed being in cold water. It was just
