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Pam Lazzarotto
Pam Lazzarotto (born 16 April) is a former world-class pool swimmer specializing in butterfly, open water swimmer, a pool coach specializing in open water swimming, and a surfer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
She is the designer for The Swim Bike Run Jewelry collection for the active, outdoor individual (called Pam Lazzarotto Designs).
She was previously coached by Olympic coach Deryk Snelling in Canada and swam at the University of Arizona and is recognized as a World Open Water Swimming Association-certified open water swimming coach and manager of the Swimming Wellness program for working adults.
Open Water Responsibilities
As the Chief Marketing Director and Technical Swimming Specialist for Open Water Swimming, an open water swimming-focused California corporation. Lazzarotto designs products and managed the Swim Across America Long Beach open water swimming event in Long Beach, California and the Michele Fast Relays and the Michele Fast Memorial Swim @ Naples Island in Long Beach. She also managed the WOWSA Swimming Wellness program for working adults.
Open Water Swimming Career
- Swim Across America - Boston Harbor- fundraising relay, 2013 as invited [[open water swimmer]
- Swim Across America - Nantusket Beach- angel swimmer for cancer survivor who did her first swim, 2013
- Swim Across America - Long Beach, 10 km marathon swim, 2012
- Trans Tahoe Relay - water temperature 60 degrees F., 2007
- Maui Channel Swim - mixed team, 3rd place overall, 2004
- Laguna to Crystal Cove Relay, 2nd, 2002, experienced mild hypothermia
- Manhattan Beach, 3 mile (swam 3 years, 2nd female, best placing overall 10th in 1991 and 1992
- Newport Beach Pier to Pier, 2 mile, 1st overall Female, 1995
- Seal Beach, 3 mile, 1st overall female, 1996
- Catalina Classic, 3 mile & 1 mile, first overall female, 1993 and 1994
- Maui Channel Swim - 9 miles, all Women's team, 1st place, 1993, 1994 and 1995
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim - 2.4 miles, 2nd & 3rd in age group, 1993, 1994, 1995
- Sonoma Lake Swim, 3rd female, 3 miles, 1992
- 1994 and 1996 Maui Channel Swim, a 9.6-mile relay from Lanai to Maui in Hawaii, together with Sarah Turner, Michele Bird, Ellen Ferguson, Susan Casey and Stephani Sharp.
Awards
- Voted Coach of The Year, at Southern California Aquatics (SCAQ), an 800 member team in Santa Monica, 2000
- Awarded All American standing in Long Distance Swimming, 1997
- Overall Female Winner of 3 Mile Series, Women, 1996
Education
- University of Arizona - Degree in Business/Fashion Merchandising/Marketing
Websites
- Are You Tough? Really Really Tough? Check Out History's Tough Swimming Workouts
- Pam Lazzarotto Designs
- Blood In The Water
- Safety From Harassment In The Open Water Community
- What Is Your Perfect Swim?
- What Is Your Least Favorite Open Water Swim?
- Women In The Open Water
- The Old And New Of Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Jewelry For Open Water Swimmers
- Swimming With The Boys
- Swimming Wellness
- Fluid, Balanced And Streamlined In The Open Water
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- I Got Stung Jellyfish database
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Sharing The Passion In The Open Water
- Men And Women Swimming Together In The Open Water
- Mosharraf Khan Represents Bangladesh Around The World
- Whose Territory Is It?
- Michele Fast Memorial Swim
- The Wait Is Fun Around Boston Harbor
- It Is A Swell Day For Secret Love In Boston
- In The Dawn's Early Light, Swim Across America In Boston
- Pam Lazzarotto, A Swim Angel In Disguise
- John Szum Gives It His All
- Synchronicity Among Swimmers
- Swimming Around The San Juan Islands
- Swim Angels Make Everything Better
- The Aart Of Success
- Six Degrees of Separation In Swimming
- Pam Lazzarotto's Half Century Of Passion
- Women versus Men In The Open Water World
- Swimming Sherpas In The Open Water
- Using Legs In The Open Water
- What's Going Through Your Head In The Open Water
- Hannah Fraser Is Ready For The Big Swim
- Hockey Helps In Open Water
- How Lynne Cox Impresses The World
- When Stuck On Dryland
- rawling Around On A Dark, Dreary Day
