International Swimming Hall of Fame Archives

Penny Dean On WOWSA Live

Penny Dean On WOWSA Live

Penny Dean On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from June 2012) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), USA Swimming open water swimming head coach [...]

Petar Stoychev Talks About His Career, Rivals, Training On WOWSA Live

Petar Stoychev Talks About His Career, Rivals, Training On WOWSA Live

Petar Stoychev Talks About His Career, Rivals, Training On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Petar Stoychev spoke [...]

Claudio Plit Talks About Internal and External Adventure On WOWSA Live

Claudio Plit Talks About Internal and External Adventure On WOWSA Live

Claudio Plit Talks About Internal and External Adventure On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Claudio Plit talked about [...]

Mervyn Sharp Talks About Achieving His Childhood Dream On WOWSA Live

Mervyn Sharp Talks About Achieving His Childhood Dream On WOWSA Live

Mervyn Sharp Talks About Achieving His Childhood Dream On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Mervyn Sharp talked achieving his childhood dream of swimming the English Channel with International Marathon Swimming Hall of [...]

Judith van Berkel-de Nijs Mixing It Up With The Men

Judith van Berkel-de Nijs Mixing It Up With The Men

Judith van Berkel-de Nijs Mixing It Up With The Men Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced Judith [...]

The Splendid Failure And Many Successes By Mercedes Gleitze

The Splendid Failure And Many Successes By Mercedes Gleitze

The Splendid Failure And Many Successes By Mercedes Gleitze Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced Mercedes Gleitze [...]

Standing On The Shoulders Of Dale Petranech

Standing On The Shoulders Of Dale Petranech

Standing On The Shoulders Of Dale Petranech Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced Dale Petranech as an [...]

Too Far, Too Cold, Too Rough? No Problem For Claudio Plit

Too Far, Too Cold, Too Rough? No Problem For Claudio Plit

Too Far, Too Cold, Too Rough? No Problem For Claudio Plit Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced [...]

George Young, The Catalina Kid

George Young, The Catalina Kid

George Young, The Catalina Kid Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced George Young of Canada as an [...]

Pioneering David Yudovin, A Channel Swimming Icon

Pioneering David Yudovin, A Channel Swimming Icon

Pioneering David Yudovin, A Channel Swimming Icon Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced David Yudovin as an [...]