
Abhejali Bernardová Doing Much More
Abhejali Bernardová Doing Much More
Courtesy of TEDx Talks, Prague, Czech Republic.
An increasing number of open water swimmers have been asked to give TED Talks and TEDx presentations.
The speakers include Lewis Pugh, Diana Nyad, Maarten van der Weijden, Ori Sela, Vicki Keith, Dr. Peter Attia, Tim Ferriss, Angel Yanagihara, Ph.D., Maria Conceicao, Dr. Tim Noakes, Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D., Guillaume Néry, Dana Vollmer, Craig Dietz, Kimberley Chambers, Catherine Sheridan, Patrick Fellows, Doug McConnell, Amos Nachoum, Marcia Cleveland, Dina Levačić, Trinity Arsenault, Lucas Carbonaro, Antonio Argüelles, Srikaanth Viswanathan, Jaimie Monahan, Gaurvi Singhvi, Bhakti Sharma, Bogusław Ogrodnik, Lynne Cox, Karen Gaffney, and Shams Alam. Abhejali Bernardová, the 10th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven with the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and Peace Runs also among her many achievements, recently joined her illustrious colleagues.
Bernardová’s presentation, We can do much more than we usually dare to admit, was given in January 2020 at the TEDxPragueWomen event and is shown above.
She recently gave a WOWSA Talk that also focused on her Oceans Seven achievement.
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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.