Kate Steels, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. "Kate Steels makes swimming in the Ice appear so effortless and she has an incredible willingness to support and mentor so many others - while traveling the world and serving as a global ambassador of the sport - and swimming anywhere and presenting the
Ice Swimming Hall of Fame - Class of 2020 Announced Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Ice Swimming Association. "Cold, there is nothing like it in the open water. Cold water is hard to enter, it is hard to endure, it is hard to recover from," observed Steven Munatones. "But ice swimming is an entirely different realm. Ice swimmers are special
Fergal Somerville, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Contributor – Administrator Photo courtesy of Gordon Adair Ned Denison says of Fergal Somerville, "Fergal has been the driving force behind the leading and largest mass Ice Mile event in the world. From 2013 to 2018, 47 internationally certified Ice Miles have been completed in the annual Eastern Bay
How Does One Judge Greatness In The Open Water? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimming World Magazine named Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha as its 2019 Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year for her remarkable year of racing on the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series and at the 2019 FINA World Championships. But her award comes just a few
Class Of 2020 Hall Of Famers To Be Honored In New York Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Open water swimming is definitely global. 15 athletes, coaches, and administrators from Italy, South Africa, Spain, USA, Netherlands, Hungary, Egypt, Greece, Canada, Argentina and Bulgaria were elected to
Petar Stoychev Honored By International Swimming Hall Of Fame with Poseidon Award
Courtesy of WOWSA, Life Saving Exhibition Lake, St. Louis, Missouri. Many open water swimmers can be defined as fascinating people on dryland. At the initial Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the marathon swimming finalists included Dr. Edith van Dijk who is a Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau with a Doctorate in Economy from
Fergil Hesterman Win IISA World Cup Series Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Murmansk, Russia. The IISA First World Cup Series was a three-stage series in Veitsbronn, Germany and Murmansk, Russia, but the third and final stage in Tyumen, Russia was cancelled. 26-year-old Fergil Hesterman of the Netherlands [shown above in swimming an
Petar Stoychev Wins Ice Kilometer At World Championship Courtesy of WOWSA, Murmansk, Russia. "I have covered Petar Stoychev for nearly 20 years and this was his most dominating performance in my opinion," observed Steven Munatones. He has done many incredible swims in his life - from setting the English Channel world record to winning the Traversée
Ice Kilometer World Championship In 2013 vs 2019 Courtesy of Nuala Moore, Murmansk, Russia. 396 ice swimmers qualified for the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia. The largest contingent in the third edition of the ice swimming world championships is from Russia with 251 swimmers followed by Great Britain (19 swimmers), China (15), Ireland
