Monique Wildschut from the Netherlands was inducted in 1993 as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The tall, powerful Wildschut dominated the women’s professional marathon swimming circuit from 1983 to 1988 with six consecutive World Professional Marathon Swimming Association titles. As a solo swimmer, she crossed the
ARGENTINA. Pilar Geijo dominated her fellow competitors on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit and was selected as the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Traveling with her husband who serves as her ever-attentive coach, she competed over 292K (181 miles) in cold-water lakes, rough seas and warm-water rivers around the world on
Pilar Geijo (wife of Diego Tricarico) of Argentina did not feel well last night, but she battled insomnia and illness to defend her title at today's Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog in Magog, Canada. She hung with the pack for as long as she could and then continued her pace to comfortably win the women's race. She grimaced as she was talking
From Magog, Québec, Canada. Trent Grimsey (shown on left) and Pilar Geijo won the 2K sprint race at the Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog. Trent won comfortably after picking up the pace in the second half. Andrea Volpini got second with Petar Stoychev third. Peter wore only a brief swimsuit which is much different swimwear than his usual
Alexander Studzinski, is a gentlemanly understated, but fiercely competitive, professional marathon swimmer from Germany. Often overshadowed in the media by his countryman Thomas Lurz, Alexander is stars of the pro marathon swimming circuit. This year, Alexander will compete in the world-famous Midmar Mile in South Africa and then will do the 5K and 10K
