Nejib Belhedi Preparing For Another Major Mediterranean Sea Swim
Nejib Belhedi is preparing for a 155 km swim from Italy to Tunisia during his window of June 15th to 18th.
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Nicknames In The Open Water from A to Z
Nejib Belhedi [shown above] was nicknamed the Frigate of Tunisia by the Tunisian Ministry of Defense. He explains, "I became known by the nickname The Tunisian Frégate Nejib BELHEDI due to my swims in seas related to the prodigious marine history of Tunisia from the Amazigh era, the Carthage era, and succeeding civilizations to our contemporary
70-year-old Nejib Belhedi To Swim 155 km Across the Sicilian Channel from Italy to Tunisia
Update 7/1/2022 What Happened from Start to Finish of Nejib Belhedi’s Swim Between Italy and Tunisia? Nejib Belhedi has been quiet during the pandemic, but he has been training hard and relentlessly throughout the lockdowns and quarantines in Tunisia and around the world. Back in 1995 as a 43-year-old, the former Tunisian special forces military
Nejib Belhedi Pushing To The Extreme, Across The Mediterranean Sea From Italy To Tunisia
Nejib Belhedi will attempt a 155 km solo swim from Italy to Tunisia in August 2021
Nejib Belhedi Honored In Tunisia
Nejib Belhedi was honored by Brahim Bartagi, the current Minister of Defense of Tunisia.
Nejib Belhedi Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
Nejib Belhedi was announced by World Open Water Swimming Association as its 2020 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year in the annual WOWSA Awards
Swimming Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Swimming out of your comfort zone is what great swimmers have done and understood around the world
2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Nominees
The 2020 WOWSA Awards were announced and includes 13 nominees from 11 countries in the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year category.
Nejib Belhedi Start Is Best Tunisian Photo Of The Year
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California Tunisie Numerique selected the start of Nejib Belhedi's 155 km circumnavigation swim around Djerba Island in Tunisia as its 2020 Photo of the Year.
The photo was taken from shore near Al Kantara right before
Belhedi was to start his swim on October 30th. Belhedi finished 47 hours 50
The History Of Ouma In Tunisia
The History Of Ouma In Tunisia Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tunisia's Nejib Belhedi recently completed a 155 km sea swim around Djerba, the largest island of North Africa, in 47 hours 50 minutes located in the Gulf of Gabes [see below]. The former Lt. Colonel in the Tunisian army and heart surgery patient is also known domestically
