World’s Strongest Endurance Swimmer, Walter Poenisch Courtesy of Fayette Poenisch, International Federation of Professional Ocean Swimmers and Divers. While Walter Poenisch was recently inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame for his marathon swimming achievements including his 90.75-mile (146 km) swim in 1972 (Swim of the Century), his
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi's next World Iron Swim will call the Tunisian swimmer to pull a SONOTRAK ship weighing over 1000 tons in Sfax, Tunisia on May 22nd. Ridha Ammar, Chairman and CEO of SONOTRAK, and Slim Tissaoui, Governor of Sfax, are in full support of this unprecedented boat pull. "There will be no initial
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tatiana Ostanina is coaching Nejib Belhedi in his unprecedented World Iron Swims throughout Tunisia. Belhedi started off small, pulling a skiff, and has gradually and dramatically increased the size and weight of the boats he has been pulling. His latest World Iron Swim boat pull on April 19th will be
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. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Ben Messaoud Belhedi is known for his channel swims, ice swims, swims along the entire coast of Tunisia. But few people know that he underwent open heart surgery and had a heart bypass done successfully in 2005 at the Military Hospital in his native Tunisia. He was awarded the 2016 Heart Trophy by
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi keeps increasing his weight...pulled. On October 23rd, he pulled three boats, weighing a collective 100 tons, 550 meters in 32 minutes 30 minutes through the Bizerta Channel as part of his World Iron Swim Series in Tunisia. This attempt broke his previous World Iron Swim record where he
Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, World Iron Swim Series, Tunisia. I drew in history my blue destiny in seas My name still forever unforgettable All the seagulls of ports remembers me My rope of Iron Swimmer will not be thrown My rope will still forever an oath of generations Era of reverse roles ! And what drole Era The tug became towed Kids, women, men,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many, if not most, open water swimmers find their niche after a while. Some like Lynne Cox, Lewis Pugh, and Ram Barkai find their niche early in their career and enjoyed a long career. Others enjoy dabbling in various niches from professional racing to channel swimming to winter swimming like Christof
