World Open Water Swimming Association

From Openwaterpedia

noun - The World Open Water Swimming Association (or WOWSA, pronounced wow-za) is an international organization dedicated to the organization, promotion and recognition of open water swimmers, open water swimming events, open water swimming records and marathon swimming records. It follows swimmers and swimming events in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, dams, reservoirs, canals, channels, lagoons, fjords, estuaries, basins, lochs, coves, meres, firths, sounds, straits, bays and harbors on the seven continents.

WOWSA also honors athletes, coaches, pilots and administrators through its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards given at the annual Global Open Water Swimming Conference and its World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, and World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year awards.

Contents 1 WOWSA Information 2 WOWSA Awards 2.1 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year 2.2 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year 2.3 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year 2.4 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year 3 Videos 4 External links

WOWSA Information

WOWSA compiles data and demographic information on the following:

• solo open water swimming and marathon swimming world records
• solo open water swims and open water swimming relays
  
• open water charity events
  
• Ecoswims
  
• Stage swims
  
• professional marathon swimming races, including FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup and the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix
  
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
  
• open water swimming trends
  
• open water swimming products
  
• open water swimming services
  
• personalities
  
• coaches
  
• governing bodies and associations
  
• rules, regulations, protocols, procedures and policies
  
• books, films and DVDs
  
• blogs, conferences, camps and clinics
  
• feats and exploits
  
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
  
• happenings in the open water swimming world
  
• open water swimming terms
• Ocean's Seven
• World Swimming Majors
• World Marathon Swimming Records
• Half Century Club
• World Open Water Swimming Records
• Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
• World's Top 100 Open Water Swims
• Global Open Water Swimming Safety Conference
• Global Open Water Swimming Conference
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• I Do Not Know Yet What I Cannot Do
• Global Open Water Swimming Race Calendar
• Jellyfish stings

WOWSA Awards

The World Open Water Swimming Association sponsors and organizes the WOWSA Awards, held in conjunction with the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. the 2013 WOWSA Awards will be held in Cork, Ireland on 11-13 October. The 2012 WOWSA Awards were held on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The 2011 WOWSA Awards and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies were held in the United Nations in New York City, U.S.A. The 2010 WOWSA Awards were held in Long Beach, California, U.S.A. as part of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships. The 2008 and 2009 WOWSA Awards were held in Huntington Beach, California.

The WOWSA Awards include the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, and the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

• The 2008 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was race director and swimming advocate Randy Nutt of the USA.
• The 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was professional marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria.
• The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was United Nations Millennium Development ambassador Marcos Diaz of the Dominican Republic.
• The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was swimmer, event organizer, crew member and governing body administrator Jamie Patrick of the USA.
• The 2012 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was Oceans Seven swimmer Stephen Redmond of Ireland.

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

• The 2008 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year was Edith van Dijk of the Netherlands.
• The 2009 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year was Poliana Okimoto of Brazil.
• The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year was Anne Marie Ward of Ireland.
• The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year was Pilar Geijo of Argentina.
• The 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year was Annaleise Carr of Canada.

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

• The 2009 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was by Andrew Smilley of the Cayman Islands.
• The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was by Ventura Deep Six of the USA.
• The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was by Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia.
• The 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was by Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández-Villamil of Spain.

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

• The 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year was SWIM Channel, produced by Patrick Winkler of Brazil.

Videos

External links

• WOWSA Awards
• Open Water Swimming
• Lifetime Achievement Awards
• WOWSA Performance of the Year - Tina Neill
• Annaleise Carr Is Anything But L.O.S.T.
• Why I Swim
• 2012 WOWSA Man Of The Year, Stephen Redmond
• 2012 WOWSA Woman Of The Year, Annaleise Carr
• 2012 WOWSA Offering Of The Year, SWIM Channel
• 2012 WOWSA Performance Of The Year, Moreno In Navia
• WOW...Whatta Year Of Achievement
• WOWSA, IMSHOF Heads To Cork, Ireland
• 2013 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame registration page
• 2013 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Facebook page
• Moreno From Navia Humbly Gives Thanks
• Why Do Healthy Athletes In The Open Water?
• When And Where? Global Open Water Swimming Race Calendar
• What Is An Ocean Advocate?