In arguably the most diverse class of inductees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, the mix of men and women, competitive professional swimmers and solo swimmers, administrators and escort pilots, pioneers and disabled athletes was extraordinarily impressive.Australian Penny Palfrey, still sporting visible Portuguese Man-o-War stings on her
Among an extraordinarily impressive field of outstanding open water swimming heroes, Bulgaria's Petar Stoychev was voted as the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year out of 18,024 votes cast by fans around the globe. Petar graciously said, "Thank you very much for the wonderful news. I am very happy with this award.""During the year I was able to
International Swimming Hall of Famer Paul Asmuth offers his four decades of open water swimming experience and expertise to high-level American swimmers. Officially, Paul is the USA Swimming Open Water Consultant available to provide free open water swimming advice and guidance to all national team athletes and coaches.Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
Paul Asmuth, one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time, was recently voted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. His induction ceremony will be in May 2010 with a host of other all-time aquatic greats. The International Swimming Hall of Fame honors swimmers, divers, water polo players, synchronized swimmers, coaches and contributors from
