The Man Who Would Be King
“I don’t like swimming with women,” said Canadian marathon swimmer Aimeson King. “I am so big and if I hit them accidentally, I could hurt them.I want to avoid that kind of collision, but I have a large arm span. In a large pack, they swim under my arms.”
“Oh I love swimming behind Aimison and just drafting off of him,” said American Lexie Kelly. “Especially at the start of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix events when the men and women start together.
I look for Aimeson especially in the big packs during the first two hours.”
Aimison King is shown in the swimmers’ parade after the 2013 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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