Vadim Ilyuschenko Creates The Azov Sea Marathon
Vadim Ilyuschenko is an open water swimmer and race director from Donetsk, Ukraine. Like many others around the world, his passion for swimming and the open water is being manifested through the organization of a new swim.Ilyuschenko helped promote the Donbass Open Aquatics Festival in 2012 and is now adding to his open water network with the inaugural Azov Sea Marathon that will be held in the Sea of Azov near the village of Sandy and Fishing in Mariupol, Ukraine on August 24th.
The multi-lingual engineer explains, “The goals of the Azov Sea Marathon include:
– Promote open water swimming in Ukraine
– Promote a healthy lifestyle
– Participate in the protection of the ecosystem of the Azov Sea
– Create a swimming marathon at the international level
– Involve amateur swimmers in the sports life of Ukraine and around the world
– Strengthen the friendship among swimmers and swimming clubs worldwide.“
For more information on the new August 24th event, visit here and contact [email protected]
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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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