Guillermo Echevarría Pérez, a two-time Mexican Olympic distance swimmer, passed away today at the age of 73. Echevarría competed in both the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games at the age of 16 and in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games at the age of 20. He briefly held the world record in the 1500 meter
freestyle, breaking Olympic champion Mike
Romina Soledad Imwinkelried enjoyed her own personal victory at the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.
Caroline Jouisse won the second leg of the 2021 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series at the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli.
Alessio Occhipinti won the second leg of the 2021 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series at the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli to win his first career race on the FINA professional marathon swimming circuit.
Alex Reymond and Caroline Jouisse of France are the two leading pre-race favorites in Sunday's 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.
Vanesa Garcia has spent 10 years competing in the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series
Tina Bischoff, Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, discusses her successful career on WOWSA Live
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. This year, Julian Critchlow (Honor Administrator from the UK), Neville Smith (Honor Administrator from South Africa), Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli (Honor Organization from Italy), Gabriel Chaillou (Honor Swimmer from Argentina), Ronnie Wong Man Chiu, BBS, JP (Honor Administrator from Hong Kong),
Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Over the last few weeks, members of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2021 and International Swimming Hall of Fame award recipients have been announced and interviewed by Ned Denison on WOWSA Live. In order of announcement, these esteemed members of the
Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. One of the most fabled and historic marathon swims in the world, the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli has always attracted the world's best swimmers. Over its history, great professional marathon swimmers including John Kinsella, Claudio Plit, Petar Stoychev, Veljko Rogošić, Paul
