Dick Campion Archives

Ross Youngman Lives Up To His Name, Sets Derwent River Big Swim Record

Ross Youngman Lives Up To His Name, Sets Derwent River Big Swim Record

Ross Youngman Lives Up To His Name, Sets Derwent River Big Swim Record Courtesy of Christopher Guesdon, Derwent River, Tasmania, Australia. The 34 km Derwent River Big Swim is one of The Toughest 13 swims [...]

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Campion Is A Champion

Campion Is A Champion

Campion Is A Champion Courtesy of Melissa Roberts, Rome, Italy. Back in 1994, Melissa Roberts became the 25 km FINA world champion in Rome, Italy. She recalls her fellow International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame [...]

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Dan Curtis To Take On The Big Swim After 39 Years

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. En route to his attempt to complete the Oceans Seven, New York swimmer Dan Curtis is swimming off the beaten path. On the 40th anniversary of the first successful [...]

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Honour Coaches In International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

They are on pool decks and shorelines day and night. They spend countless hours on escort boats and kayaks. They study the sport and can analyze the competition and the elements. The individuals who have [...]

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Campion making Champions In Indonesia

Dick Campion, an Olympic swimmer from 1960, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Coach, and a former professional marathon swimmer from Australia flew to Sanur, Bali in Indonesia to help the Indonesian Swimming [...]

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