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Roger Parsons
Roger Parsons of Great Britain and Spain was inducted in 1997 as an Honour Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and was the 2004 recipient of the Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award, an award given by the International Swimming Hall of Fame. His wife is fellow International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Administrator Val Parsons.
FINA and the Olympics[edit]
When FINA formed a commission to study the feasibility of adding open water events to their program, Parsons was selected to represent England on the FINA Open Water Commission and was largely responsible for adapting the British Long Distance Swimming Association and Channel Swimming Association rules into the FINA Open Water Swimming Rules.
Parsons was a representative who was a member of the initial FINA Open Water Commission that studied the possibility of adding open water swimming to the Olympic Games. He served on this commission together with Monier Sabre (Egypt), Berry Rickards (Australia), Jaroslav Novak (Czech Republic), Dale Petranech (USA), with Gunnar Werner (Sweden) serving as the FINA Bureau Liaison.
External links[edit]
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Patrons
- Colin Hill Honored By The International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Gerald Forsberg Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound
- Diego Degano, Christof Wandratsch And The Elite Race In 1992 Swim Across The Sound
- Roger Parsons, Val Parsons Shares Their Passion and Roles On WOWSA Live
- On Course - Eventually - To The Olympic Marathon Swim
- 1982 Windermere International Championships
- Honoring The Legacies Of Irving Davids, Roger Wheeler
- Finding True Love In Open Water Swimming
- Navigating With The First Couple Of Open Water Swimming
- 1 + 1 > 2 In The Open Water Swimming World
- Happy Wife, Happy Open Water Life
- Open Water Swimming Dual Inductees And Dual Honorees
- When Three Became One
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- British Long Distance Swimming Association
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
