TOWSC

FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee including Ronnie Wong Man Chiu, Chairman, Jorge Aurelio Delgado Panchana, Vice Chairman, Flavio Bomio, Honorary Secretary, Sid Cassidy, Khwaja Aziz, Valerijus Belovas, Tomas Haces German, Samuel Greetham, Zouheir El Moufti, Andrea Prayer, John West, Noam Zwi, Washington Beltran, Hatem Seifallah Mohamed Ibrahim, Shelley Taylor-Smith, and Dennis Miller, FINA Bureau Liaison

Jorge Delgado, Vice Chairman

The FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee (TOWSC) is a group of volunteers assigned by FINA from officials around the world that administers, manages, and officiates the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series, the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix series, the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and the open water swimming races at the FINA World Swimming Championships.

The TOWSC volunteers are nominated by their respective national federations and approved by the FINA Executive Bureau, under the direction of Cornel Marculescu, to serve four-year terms.

TOWSC also consists of a smaller 4-member FINA Open Water Swimming Commission. This powerful group consists of the FINA Open Water Swimming Liaison, the TOWSC Chairman, the TOWSC Vice Chairman and the TOWSC Honorary Secretary.

Responsibilities

The volunteers offer open water swimming clinics around the world. They serve as referees, judges and officials at the FINA-sanctioned races. The committee proposes the rules and procedures that govern FINA-sanctioned competitions, which are later formally discussed and approved by the FINA Bureau.

2022-2025 FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee Members

• Chairperson Sid Cassidy (USA)
• Vice Chairperson Ferry Weertman (Netherlands)
• Honorary Secretary John West (New Zealand)
• Committee Member Avelino Gomes Monteiro (Senegal)
• Committee Member Emilie Van Veenhuyzen (South Africa)
• Committee Member Jorge Delgado (Ecuador)
• Committee Member Tomás Haces (Cuba)
• Committee Member Abdul Al Alawi (Oman)
• Committee Member Ioki Ichikawa (Japan)
• Committee Member Petros Arestis (Cyprus)
• Committee Member Baret Avedikoglu (Turkey)
• Committee Member Szabolcs Fodor (Hungary)
• Committee Member Luis Liberato (Portugal)
• Committee Member Britta Kamrau (Germany)
• Committee Member Bill Ford (Australia)
• Events Sub-committee Member Nikolay Zagritsenko (Kazakhstan)
• Events Sub-committee Member Tanya Bogomilova (Bulgaria)
• Events Sub-committee Member Andrea Prayer (Italy)
• Events Sub-committee Member Juan Carlos Tenorio (Venezuela)
• Events Sub-committee Member Edward Cheng (Hong Kong)
• Events Sub-committee Member Ziyad Kashmiri (Saudi Arabia)
• Paris 2024 Olympic Games liaison Bénédicte Compois (France)
• FINA Bureau Liaison Zouheir El Moufti (Morocco)

2017-2021 FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee Members

• Chairman: Ronnie Wong of Hong Kong
  
• Vice Chairman: Sid Cassidy of USA
  
• Honorary Secretary: Samuel Greetham of Great Britain
  
• Britta Kamrau-Fiedler, Athletes Representative (Germany)
  
• Abdul Monem Al Alawi, Member (Oman)
  
• Luis Baptista, Member (Portugal)
  
• Jorge Aurelio Delgado Panacha, Member (Ecuador)
  
• William Ford, Member (Australia)
  
• Avelino Gomes Monteiro, Member (Senegal)
  
• Abdulla Mubarak Al Zahmi, Member (United Arab Emirates)
  
• Jean-Paul Narce, Member (France)
  
• Andrea Prayer Galletti, Member (Italy)
• Fernando Terrilli, Member (Argentina)
  
• Samuel Ufitimana Kinimba, (Rwanda)
  
• John Graeme West, Member (New Zealand)
  
• Ayman Saad, Events Sub-Committee (Egypt)
• Morgan Toro, Events Sub-Committee (Puerto Rico)
  
• Soh Yen Siang, Events Sub-Committee (Malaysia)
  
• Noam Zwi, Events Sub-Committee (Israel)
  
• Dennis Miller, FINA Bureau Liaison (Fiji)
  

2013-2017 FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee Members

• Chairman: Ronnie Wong of Hong Kong
  
• Vice Chairman: Jorge Delgado Panchana of Ecuador
  
• Honorary Secretary: Andrea Prayer of Italy
  
• Representatives of the African region:
  
  • Joaquim Pestana Costa of Angola
    
  • David Ngugi of Kenya
    
  • Abdulmonem Alalawi of Egypt
    
• Representatives of the Americas region:
  
  • Fernando Terrilli of Argentina
    
  • Tomas Haces German of Cuba
    
  • Sid Cassidy of USA
    
• Representatives of the Asian region:
  
  • Abdulmonem Al Alawi of Oman
    
  • Mubarak Abdulla Al Zahmi of United Arab Emirates
    
• Representatives of the European region:
  
  • Jean Paul Narce of France
    
  • Samuel Greetham of Great Britain
    
  • Noam Zwi of Israel
    
• Representatives of the Oceania region:
  
  • William Ford of Australia
    
  • John West of New Zealand
    
• Events Sub-Committee:
  
  • Christiane Fanzeres of Brazil
    
  • Ayman Saad of Egypt
    
  • Jon Hestoy of Faroe Islands
    
• FINA Bureau Liaison is Dennis Miller of Fiji
  

2009-2013 FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee Members

1. Ronnie Wong Man Chiu, Chairman
2. Jorge Aurelio Delgado Panchana, Vice Chairman
3. Flavio Bomio, Honorary Secretary
4. Sid Cassidy, Member [replacement for Steven Munatones of USA]
5. Khwaja Aziz, Member
6. Valerijus Belovas, Member
7. Tomas Haces German, Member
8. Samuel Greetham, Member
9. Zouheir El Moufti, Member
10. Andrea Prayer, Member
11. John West, Member
12. Noam Zwi, Member
13. Washington Beltran, Events Sub-Committee
14. Hatem Seifallah Mohamed Ibrahim, Events Sub-Committee
15. Shelley Taylor-Smith, Events Sub-Committee
16. Dennis Miller, FINA Bureau Liaison

FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup Series

The FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series consists of races in: Santos (Brazil)
Cancún (Mexico)
Setúbal (Portugal)
Lac St-Jean (Canada)
Lac Mégantic (Canada)
Shantou (China)
Hong Kong

FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Series

The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix series consists of race in Rosario (Argentina)
Sante Fe-Coronda (Argentina)
Viedma (Argentina)
Hernandarias-Paraná (Argentina)
Sumidero Canyon (Mexico)
Capri-Napoli (Italy)
Lac St-Jean (Canada)
Lac Memphrémagog (Canada)
Šabac (Serbia)
Ohrid Lake (Macedonia)
Jabelah (Syria – cancelled in 2011)

External links

• Thank You Visionary France
• Officials Leading The Way To The 2024 Paris Olympics Marathon Swim
• Sid Cassidy Wins The Dennis Miller Award
• Shelley Taylor-Smith Receives Well-deserved Poseidon Award
• The New Shelley Taylor-Smith Medal Announced
• Smiles That Continue To Light Up The Sport
• Women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Finalists For Tokyo
• Canada’s Kate Sanderson Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
• Spain's Paula Ruiz Bravo Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
• Hungary's Anna Olasz Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
• Chad Hundeby Passes Away. A Hero Will Be Missed
• The Most Unique Equipment In Open Water Swimming
• Shanghai Sonar Safety System Starts
• Olympic Swimmers Will Get Up A Little Earlier In The Heat
• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Shelley Taylor-Smith
• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Melissa Cunningham
• Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World
• Mel Cunningham Talks About Her Long Career On WOWSA Live
• On Course - Eventually - To The Olympic Marathon Swim
• 1982 Windermere International Championships
• Britta Kamrau Remembers Her Friendships, Her Career On WOWSA Live
• If The 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Were Held As Scheduled: The Men
• If The 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Were Held As Scheduled: The Women
• Open Water Swimming Lingo At The Olympics
• Andrew Gemmell Speaks Out About FINA's Swimming World
• Olympic Marathon Runners Are Protected. What About Marathon Swimmers?
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• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
• FINA Official Website
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• Teodolo Tomás Haces Germán, Dedicated Official
• Chris Guesdon To Speak Of Future In Scotland
• PRSI Expresses Its Gratitude For Its Hall Of Fame Honour
• Open Water Swimming Epicenter Shifts To Egypt
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• No Wetsuits Now, But Expect Wetsuits In The Future Olympics
• Swimmers Deserve Much, Much Better In The Open Water
• The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims - Part 1
• Rules Rule From Start To Finish
• Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?
• Retaliation And Aggression In Open Water Competitions
• Swimmers Deserve Much, Much Better In The Open Water
• The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims - Part 1
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• Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?
• Retaliation And Aggression In Open Water Competitions
• What Is Impeding In Open Water Swimming?
• Open Water Swimming
• Open Water Swimming Moves and Tactics
• Offensive and Defensive Moves in Open Water Swimming
• Explanation Of The Rules Of Open Water Swimming
• What Is The Correct Call In The Open Water?
• Marathon Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?
• Body Parts Wash Ashore on Copacabana Beach
• FINA Should Listen To Jack Burnell And His Competitors
• He Said, He Said. Different Views Of Olympic 10K Marathon
• This Brazilian Olympic Bronze Is Gold
• Sid Cassidy Volunteers For Decades In The Open Water
• Great Memories Of Fran Crippen, Great Decision By USA
• Japan Is Right On, But What Were Others Thinking?!?
• Commentary on 25K FINA World Championships
• Canada, Netherlands, Japan, USA Avoid Hot Water
• Team Wins Stands Up And Gets Out To Win Honors
• Fran Crippen's Legacy Continues
• What Is The FINA Schedule?
• Dennis Miller Leaves Behind A Wake Of Success]