Vote For Valerio, Italy’s Sportsman Of The Year
2009 world 25K champion Valerio Cleri is up for nomination for the Sportsmen of the Year in Italy.Valerio has always been in the top echelon of professional marathon swimmers, but he truly showed his heart of a champion at the 2009 World Swimming Championships.
Since finishing a close fourth in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a disappointing fourth place in the 10K race at the 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Valerio came back strongly in the very tough, wavy, fiercely fought 25K race at the 2009 World Swimming Championships to win in dramatic fashion.
For his dramatic win, he was not only nominated for the World’s Great Open Water Swim of the Year award, but also for Italy’s Sportsmen of the Year. Valerio is known to train extraordinarily hard, is totally committed to the sport and is a humble champion and fine representative of marathon swimming.
So far, Valerio is following behind Edward and Francesco Molinari from golf (32% of the total vote to date), Roberto Cammarelle from boxing (25%), but ahead of Valentino Rossi from motorcycling (19%) and Andrea Baldini from fencing (3%). Valerio currently has 20% of the total vote.We encourage the global swimming community to show our support for Valerio and vote for him online here.
Vote online 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. 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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