World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Archives – Page 10 of 10

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Penny Palfrey (Australia) – Marathon Swimmer Extraordinaire
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Penny Palfrey swam like few others in history during 2011.

The former world-class pool swimmer took over two decades to raise her three children.

Now with the kids all grown up, the 49-year-old from Queensland is making up for lost time, fast and furious.

She started off the year, swimming a trio of channels in Hawaii.<br

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Diana Nyad (USA) – Inspiration and Determination Redux
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Diana Nyad, 30 years out of the water, dove back in with an extreme dream – to swim 103 miles between Cuba and Florida.

Twice rebuffed by box jellyfish that left deep wounds over her body and psyche, Diana stayed in the water nearly 29 hours on her first attempt and over 36 hours on her second attempt.

While she never reached

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden) – Swedish Aloha In The Channels
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Anna-Carin Nordin is a 41-year-old Swedish English Channel swimmer who successfully swam two marathon swims in two completely different parts of the world.

Following her passion, her summer season started with a 41K cold-water marathon swim between Sweden and Finland in 14 hours 51 minutes.

It culminated with an equally tough 42K

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Angela Maurer (Germany) – Mother of Marathoners
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Angela Maurer is back again and seemingly gets better year by year despite being twice as old as some of her elite competitors.

The 36-year-old mother of one child, she has a perspective on life that is cool-headed, calm and composed – which all serve her very well in the chaotic cacophony of competition.

She not only qualified for

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Elizabeth Fry (USA) – Two Times Makes Double
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Elizabeth Fry is a 52-year-old financial services consultant who could not just swim things once in 2011.

She first set the double crossing record in the 35-mile Ederle Swim from Manhattan Island to New Jersey – and back – in June.

Finishing in 11 hours 5 minutes, she set the

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Pamela Dickson (NZ) – Lady of the Lake
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Pamela Dickson is a 56-year-old grandmother of ten who became the oldest person to swim 40.2K across Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in New Zealand, in 13 hours 56 minutes.

The oldest person to swim the Cook Strait dug deep and proved that her chronological age was less important than the rhythm she has developed for the open water despite

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) – World Marathon Swimming Champion
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Steven Munatones 11/01/2011 No Comment

Ana Marcela Cunha had dreams of returning to the Olympics after she finished fifth in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The 16-year-old was only 5 seconds outside the bronze medal in the 2-hour race.

But she missed out on her second Olympics by a mere 4 seconds at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.<br

Anne Marie Ward Is Open Water Swimming’s Woman Of The Year
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Steven Munatones 01/01/2011 No Comment

The North (Irish) Channel is renowned for being the toughest channel swim in the world - cold, rough, filled with jellyfish and fraught with unpredictable weather. But it was site to the tenacious efforts of one Irish women who never quit until she reached the other side.Anne Marie Ward, an unlikely endurance heroine, joined one of the most elite and

Poliana Okimoto – 2009 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
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Steven Munatones 01/01/2010 No Comment

Among an extraordinarily impressive field of outstanding open water swimming heroines, Poliana Okimoto was voted as the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year out of 21,275 votes cast by fans around the globe. Poliana graciously said, "Thanks very much. I'm very happy for this!" "I'm very happy to win this voting. This year was very special for