Category: History
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Adolph Kiefer – Inventing Molded Swim Goggle Gaskets
1936 Olympic Gold Medalist Backstroker Adolph Kiefer describes inventing the molded swim goggle gasket.
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Widow Of Columbus Man Says He Completed Cuba To Florida Swim First
Via the17thman “While the world celebrates marathon swimmer Diana Nyad’s historic swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, a Central Ohio woman said her husband completed the same journey nearly 35 years ago. Faye Poenisch, widow of Walter Poenisch, said her husband completed the same swim at the age of 68. Walter Poenisch began marathon…
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‘Pipin’ Ferreras to attempt “no-limits†freedive world record a decade after wife’s death
More than a decade ago, record-setting free diver Francisco “Pipin†Ferreras of North Bay Village lost his wife, Audrey Mestre, when she drowned attempting to exceed his world depth mark in a plunge to 561 feet off the Dominican Republic. […] Ferreras, now 51, retired from competitive diving after his wife’s death. He dissolved his…
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The Other Shore | Diana Nyad | (2013) Official Trailer
“The Other Shore follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that nobody has ever…
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The BreakDown (8/28/13) – Olympic medalist & coach Sergio Lopez
“Sport of Discussion: Swimming – Special Guest, Sergio Lopez, former olympic & collegiate swimmer, college coach (Northwestern and West Virginia) and current Head Swimming Coach / Aquatics Director, shares great information regarding swimming, what it takes to get to the collegiate level and VERY useful recruiting assistance!” See also sergiolopezmiro.com
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The Sydney Olympics | Olympic History
Part 2 is especially relevant to us aquatic fanatics … In part two of our look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games we focus on the events in the pool and the rivalry between the Australian and USA 100m freestyle relay teams. Featuring interviews with Olympic athletes Ian Thorpe and Gary Hall Jr we…
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Michael Jamieson Goes Back to School | Glasgow 2014
Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson visit’s his former school, the Glasgow School of Sport at Bellahouston Academy, for the first time since winning a Silver medal at London 2012 and receives a hero’s welcome from the staff and students.
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Pieter van den Hoogenband’s interview with Michael Phelps
Two legends of swimming together in Barcelona.