Celebrate The Mother Earth Swim On Mother's Day Courtesy of WOWSA, Venetian Islands, Biscayne Bay, Florida. Merle Liivand will attempt the inaugural Mother Earth Swim in Miami, Florida this coming Mother's Day on May 10th. Merle Liivand will do a solo mermaid swim around the Venetian Islands including San Marino Island, San Marco Island and Di Lido
Mermaid Went On Marathon Mission, Then Appears On FINIS Friday Courtesy of WOWSA, Redondo Beach, California. Merle Liivand competes, runs companies both in her adopted Florida and her native Estonia, models, serves as an ambassador for a number of charitable causes, and enjoys the life of a mermaid. She completed the world's first 10 km marathon swim at
Women Making A Difference Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine. Merle Liivand appeared on an NBC television show called, Woman Making a Difference. The pool breaststroker and open water swimmer who lives, works and trains in Florida has represented her native Estonia in the 5 km and 10 km races at the 2017 and 2019 FINA World Championships while
Twins Establish A Global Legacy In Redondo Beach That Extends Around The World Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Underneath the impressive life-size bronze statue of Bill and Bob Meistrell at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, California is a plaque that explains the lives of the identical twin watermen. "Bill and Bob Meistrell
Merle Liivand Facing Opportunities In The Open Water Courtesy of Merle Liivand, Estonia. Merle Liivand will represent Estonia at the upcoming FINA World Championships in South Korea and is currently training at high altitude with Israeli and Canadian athletes. "It seems like more and more countries are recognizing open water and marathon swimming. There
Mermaid Merle To Marathon Courtesy of WOWSA, Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay, Florida. Merle Liivand runs companies both in her adopted Florida and her native Estonia, models, serves as an ambassador for a number of charitable causes, and also enjoys the life of a mermaid. It is a given that she will compete in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2019 U.S. Open
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Merle Liivand, an Estonian pool and open water swimmer, and Alexander Studzinski, a long-time professional marathon swimmer, modeling the colorful swimwear of Deutscher Schwimmverband, FINIS announced it became a sponsor of the DSV (German Swimming Federation). “I am extremely excited about our
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINIS Ambassador and Estonian open water swimmer Merle Liivand will take part in the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) World Championships is taking place in Sarasota, Florida this weekend. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Liivand learned about UIPM. This weekend, she will compete on Saturday's
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Estonia's Merle Liivand attempted to qualify for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim to compete in Rio de Janeiro, but she found her way to Rio nevertheless. After running a successful Mermaid-Motivation Clinic held in Rio during the Olympics, Liivand competed in Florida's Swim Miami. For the second year in a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Ivan Enderica Ochoa and Samantha Arevalo both represented their native Ecuador well at the recent Olympic 10 km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setúbal Bay, Portugal, there was another swimmer who represented her country at such a high level for the first time. Merle Liivand made Estonian open
