Where Are They Now?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame is attempting to confirm the whereabouts of all its living honourees. However, four individuals have not been heard from in quite some time.
If any open water swimmer knows about where the following individuals may be or how they may be contacted, please follow-up with Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame via email (ned.denison@corkopenwater.com).
*Jose Cortinas of Cuba [shown on left] and the IMSHOF Class of 1967 would be 100 years old in 2016
*Helge Jensen of Denmark/Canada and the IMSHOF Class of 1970 would be 78 years old in 2016
*Jerry Kerschner of the USA would be 90 in 2016
*Feng Yao-Hsein of China of China and the IMSHOF Class of 1973 would be 88 in 2016
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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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