Deniz is a multicultural person of Turkish descent who was born and raised in Germany. She is a Business Psychologist, Management Consultant, Open Water Swimmer & recently an Author. And she is currently working as a Transformational Manager at Ernst & Young Frankfurt.
Open water presents many challenges, even to the experienced swimmer. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, adolescents comprise three-quarters of drownings in natural water settings, and give this age group the 2nd highest drowning rate. Here are some tips to keep you and your child safe in open water.
ACC is partnering with Water Safety NZ to keep children safe in and around water, as the new naming rights sponsor of the Water Skills for Life programme.
Relaxing in ice water, never thought that would be a phrase I’d use!
Shayna Jack has worn the label of “drug cheat” since she tested positive for a banned substance in 2019.
The 22-year-old swimmer maintains she did not knowingly take the drug and is fighting to clear her name and get back in the pool.
Jack had her sights on the Olympic Games, but a positive tested meant she was banned from competition for two years.
As an appeal looms to increase her ban, she’s found herself at the center of a much larger debate about world anti-doping rules that some say are railroading athletes.
A nine-tonne dump truck has crashed through a fence and rolled into a backyard swimming pool after losing its brakes in Sydney’s north-west.
Kimberley Chambers is a marathon open water swimmer from New Zealand. After a freak accident left Kim Chambers with a mere one-percent chance of walking unassisted again. Determined to prove the doctors wrong, Kim spent two years rehabilitating her leg and has now regained almost full functionality. She began swimming again as part of her rehabilitation, and has since become the sixth person in the world to complete the Ocean’s Seven swimming challenge. In 2015, she became the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge – a distance of about 30 miles. Many consider it to be the hardest marathon swim in the world.
The ice was about 60 cm thick. We spent a total of 10 hours cutting ice. Emil missed the shot, so Rox had to jump again.
