2018 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
noun - The World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men is an annual list of audacious men who have performed courageously well in open bodies of water as published by World Open Water Swimming Association.
Criteria
The 2018 list only includes contemporary aquatic adventurers and focuses on men who have done or escorted unprecedented open water swims of note in risk-inherent channels, lakes, seas, oceans, or one winter swims, ice swims, stage swims or marathon swims, men who have proven themselves in both high-level competitions and solo swims, and men who have safely guided many channel or marathon swimmers of all abilities in rough waters or cold waters or in extreme conditions.
2018 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
The list (alphabetized by last name) is as follows:
1. Andrey Agarkov (Андрей Агарков), ice swimmer from Russia
2. Kshitindra Chandra Baisya, marathon swimmer from Bangladesh
3. Ram Barkai, administrator, event organizer and ice/winter swimmer from South Africa
4. John Batchelder, butterflying marathon/channel swimmer from USA
5. Nejib Belhedi, marathon/stage/boat pull swimmer from Tunisia
6. Cameron Bellamy, marathon/channel swimmer from South Africa
7. Alexander Brylin, channel ice swimmer from Russia
8. Paolo Chiarino, ice swimmer from Italy
9. Salvatore Cimmino, amputee advocate and marathon/extreme/channel swimmer from Italy
10. Jean Craven, marathon/extreme/ice swimmer and event organizer from South Africa
11. Ned Denison, IMSHOF administrator and marathon/channel/ice swimmer from Ireland
12. Fergil Hesterman, extreme relay/cross-border swimmer and event organizer from the Netherlands
13. Simon Holliday, marathon swimmer and event organizer from Hong Kong
14. Avram Iancu, extreme stage swimmer from Romania
15. Howard James, channel/marathon swimmer from Great Britain
16. Stephen Junk, marathon/channel swimmer from Australia
17. Henri Kaarma, event organizer and ice/winter swimmer from Estonia
18. Ger Kennedy, ice/underwater/extreme swimmer from Ireland
19. Ion Lazarenco Tiron, marathon/channel/extreme stage swimmer from Republic of Moldava
20. Clinton Le Sueur, ice swimmer from South Africa
21. Benoît Lecomte, extreme stage swimmer from France/USA
22. Diego López Dominguez, marathon/extreme/ice swimmer from Spain
23. Igor Lukin, winter swimmer from Russia
24. Pádraig Mallon, escort pilot, event organizer and marathon/channel/ice swimmer from Ireland
25. Ingemar Patiño Macarine, channel/marathon swimmer from the Philippines
26. Andrew Malinak, administrator and cold water/marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
27. Ken Mignosa, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
28. Rohan More, marathon/channel swimmer from India
29. Lynton Mortensen, marathon/channel swimmer from Australia
30. Leszek Naziemiec, ice swimmer from Poland
31. Greg O’Connor, marathon/channel/ice swimmer and event organizer from the USA
32. Thomas Pembroke, channel swimmer from Australia
33. Lewis Pugh OIG, ocean advocate and ice/extreme/channel/marathon/stage swimmer from Great Britain/South Africa
34. Stephen Rouch, marathon swimmer from USA
35. Sergio Salomone, ice swimmer from Argentina
36. Adrian Sarchet, marathon/channel swimmer from Guernsey
37. Dan Simonelli, coach/guide/observer and marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
38. Albert Sobirov, ice swimmer from Russia
39. Wyatt Song, ice swimmer from Australia
40. Petar Stoychev, marathon/channel/ice/Olympic swimmer from Bulgaria
41. Andy Truscott, marathon/channel swimmer from Jersey
42. Jacques Tuset, prison island/channel/marathon swimmer from France
43. Maarten van der Weijden, Olympic champion and marathon/extreme swimmer from the Netherlands
44. Cristian Vergara, extreme/marathon/channel/ice swimmer and event organizer from Chile
45. Christof Wandratsch, marathon/marathon/ice swimmer from Germany
46. Yun Feng Wang, ice swimmer from China
47. Martyn Webster, marathon/channel swimmer from Great Britain
48. Bill Welzien, marathon swimmer and event organizer from the USA
49. John Zemaitis, marathon swimmer from the USA
50. Joe Zemaitis, marathon swimmer from the USA
Women
World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
External links
- 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
- The 2015 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
- The 2015 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
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