Things Are Looking Up For Aurélie Muller
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aurélie Muller has a beautiful stroke and mindset for open water swimming.
Her steady arm stroke and balanced kick is so silky smooth and so streamlined that the 2-time French Olympian rarely needs to lift up her head to sight during a race. Her navigational IQ is off the charts.
The 2015 world champion is one of the pre-race gold medal favorites at the Rio Olympics. Despite her hard training with teammates Sharon Van Rouwendaal and Marc-Antione Olivier, she visited Florida to compete in today’s 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships.
Her steady 80-82 stroke per minute pace looked so graceful and fluid. Her spatial awareness enables her to know exactly where she is relative to her competition. She is a masterful tactician as she alternatively picks up the pace to lead and then turns over on her back to allow the field to catch up.
Watch her at the finals of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where she will attempt to win gold.
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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. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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