Héctor RamÃrez Ballesteros of Spain is one of those double-armers who muscle their way in the open water. Coached and documented by Jose Diaz of Nadandolibre, Héctor joins butterflying open water swimmers like Vicki Keith (Canada), Gail Rice (USA), Julie Bradshaw MBE (UK), Paolo Cerizzi (Italy), Dan Projansky (USA), Charles Chapman Jr. (USA), and Brenton
Sydney Cavill (1881–1945) was the son of the Swimming professor Frederick Cavill. Sydney was the 220 yards amateur champion of Australia at the age of 16. He is credited as the originator of the butterfly. He followed his famous brothers to America and coached notable swimmers at San Francisco's Olympic Club. The Cavill Family (Frederick, Ernest, Charles,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world. Some of them are known to the media by their nicknames; others are simply known among their friends and family. Catalinator: Hank Wise (shown on left) is one of the fastest men to
Vicki Keith of Canada felt it in lakes and the channels. So did Gail Rice of Florida around Key West. Julie Bradshaw of Great Britain also feels it on her marathon swims throughout the British Isles. As do Paolo Cerizzi of Italy, Dan Projansky of Chicago, Héctor RamÃrez Ballesteros of Spain, and Brenton Williams of South Africa. These are the
Paolo Eros Cerizzi is an adventure swimmer from Italy who previously swam across the Strait of Messina in Sicily, Italy wearing handcuffs. He has also done open water swims butterfly in Italy, but he will use a modified butterfly kick when he make an unprecedented attempt to swim the one-mile Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islans with handcuffs on both his
