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Bicentennial Swim
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The Bicentennial Swim was an open water swim by Walter Poenisch in 1976 of 122.5 miles (197.1 km) from Marathon in the Florida Keys to Duck Key on the tip of the Florida peninsula. He swam in a red, white and blue colored shark cage. The swim was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as The Longest Distance Ocean Swim and was officially recognized and sanctioned by International Swimming Hall of Fame as the same.
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- Walter Poenisch - the first recorded swim from Cuba to USA by Niek Kloots
- World's Strongest Endurance Swimmer, Walter Poenisch
- Walter Poenisch Inducted In Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Widow of Columbus Man Says He Completed Cuba to Florida Swim
- Walter Poenisch in Florida Keys
- Shark Infested Waters From Cuba To Florida
- Australian Is The First Woman To Swim From Cuba To Florida
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- Sports Illustrated On Walter Poenisch
- Lost At Sea
- Diana Nyad's Great Regret
- Open Water Talk From 1978
- Were Records Made To Be Broken (In The Open Water)?
- Two Hall Of Famers And Fidel Castro
- Swimming, Boating, Rafting From Cuba To Florida
- 1978, The Year That Was
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Walter Poenisch Inducted In Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Fay And Walter Poenisch Enter Swimming Hall Of Fame
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- Walter Poenisch' Swimming Hall of Fame
