That Is How I Will Be Strong Courtesy of Ori Yehezkel, Sea of Galilee, Israel. It is not often - but it is very good - when open water swimmers are mentioned alongside great athletes in other sports. In a Hebrew-language book called Lexicon of Sports, edited by U. Simri and I. Pax and published by Sifriat Poalim - Workers' Book-Guild in Israel in 1959,
The Legacy Of Yitzhak Yehezkel Courtesy of Ori Yehezkel, Tel Aviv, Israel. On October 19th 1951, 35 swimmers raced across the Sea of Galilee from Ein-Gev to Tiberias in the presence of numerous politicians including the the Speaker of the Knesset. The fourth edition of the 9.5 km international event attracted swimmers from Sweden as well as 33 Israeli
History Unfolds Across The Sea of Galilee On October 28th 1944 Courtesy of Guy Cohen and Eyal Schachner, Sea of Galilee, Israel. October 28th is the 75th anniversary of the first full-length crossing of the Sea of Galilee, successfully pioneered in 1944 by Israeli swimmer Yitzhak Yehezkel. It is a story and a pioneering challenge worth retelling. The
