WOWSA-2011-Women Archives – World Open Water Swimming Association

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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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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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 Dr. Marcella MacDonald (USA) – Freestyling Foot Doctor
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Dr. Marcella “Marcy” MacDonald is a 47-year-old podiatrist who completed her 11th and 12th crossing of the English Channel.

Serious, smiling and smart, the good doctor surrounds herself with a good team and gets it done every time.

In 2011, she not only kicked off the English Channel season with the first Channel Swimming &

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco – A Royal Supporter
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Her Serene Highness Charlene provides unbelievably outstanding support of the sport of open water swimming from her new position as the Princess of Monaco.

A former Olympic pool swimmer, the Princess swam the Midmar Mile and became interested in doing more.

She is truly genuine, clearly charismatic and a major player in

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Pilar Geijo (Argentina) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion
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Pilar Geijo dominated the world of professional marathon swimming for the second year in a row.

She won the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix with podium finishes in the 15K Rosario, Argentina (third), the 57K Sante Fe-Coronda, Argentina (second), the 88K Hernandarias-Paraná, Argentina (victory), the 36K Capri-Napoli, Italy (victory), the 32K

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Pat Gallant-Charette (USA) – Nursing Marathon Excellence
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Pat Gallant-Charette is a 60-year-old full-time nurse who cares for her two young grandchildren and is inspiring friends around the world with her attitude and marathon swimming achievements.

She kicked off 2011 by founding the non-profit Swim for Your Heart February 14 organization that supports heart disease-related charity groups through a

WOWSA Woman of the Year Nominee Elizabeth Fry (USA) – Two Times Makes Double
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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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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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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