Courtesy of Meena Jain, Cary Library, Lexington, Massachusetts.
Meena Jain and her colleagues at the Cary Library in Lexington, Massachusetts will host Lynne Cox for a virtual presentation on January 26th at 7:00 pm EST.
Cox is equally well-known as a channel and pioneering swimmer and an author of six non-fiction books including Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer, Grayson, South with the Sun: Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery, The Day the Whale Came, Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert’s Survival Guide For Triathletes And Open Water Swimmers, and Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart. Her seventh book will be published sometime in 2021.
To register for the free and public presentation, visit here and here.
Cox’s books can be purchased here.
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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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