When Dimitar Petrov And Stéphane Lecat Raced The SuperFinal Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 107 professional marathon swimmers competed on the 1995-1996 Marathon Swimming World Series sanctioned by the International Marathon Swimming Association (IMSA). Dimitar Petrov of Bulgaria and Karen Burton of the USA were crowned world
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Silvia Beatríz Dalotto competed on the professional marathon swimming circuit for 7 years, competing in 50 races, and later served many years as a FINA official. She is currently serving as the Director de Proyectos at Comité Olímpico
Shelley Taylor-Smith On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from December 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith spoke with Steven Munatones on a variety of topics. Taylor-Smith had several incredible
Lynn Blouin Gave Decades Of Leadership In The Sport Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Lynn Blouin has stepped down from her many years of volunteering as a voting member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. An Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the 2005 recipient
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Molnar [shown on right in both photos above] was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 1998. He is a Hungarian open water swimmer and coach of the Hungarian open water swimming team. During his career, he was crowned the International Marathon Swimming
Courtesy of Daniel Vizeu Costa Couto who updates the website of Abilio Couto, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer. The International Marathon Swimming Association (IMSA) is a now defunct professional marathon swimming association that was created to promote and support a global professional marathon swimming circuit. It was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Oswald Schmidt was honored as the 2013 Sandycove Island Volunteer of the Year. Ned Denison of the Sandycove Island Swim Club Committee explains, "Ossie put in a tremendous year in helping to leading three major events. He served as the Co-Chairman of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork,
The World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation was an example of democracy where dozens of swimmers from dozens of countries, speaking different languages with different lifestyles and cultural backgrounds, got together annually to discuss and debate what was best for marathon swimmers. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the Federation was a
The Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli has been attracting the best marathon swimmers in the world, both professional and amateur, to its race since 1954. The 36 km (22 mile) competition has long been part of the top global marathon swimming circuits in the world over the past six decades, from the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation,
Willy van Rysel is one of only two individuals (along with Drury Gallagher) to be honored by both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame. A double-IMSHOF Honour Swimmer, Rysel passed away at the age of 96 on September 19th. Besides her success in the open water where she swam several
