Aloo
Aloo is a documentary film by director Gerardo Flores Ruiz about the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming journey of Mexican open water swimmer Rene Martínez Saenz.
Summary
Minutes before Rene's first 10 km marathon swim, he thought, "If I can do this swim, I will swim the English Channel." Hours later, after getting lost mid-swim, becoming dehydrated and discovering a new dimension of suffering, Rene looks at his wife while holding a tequila shot and declares he will swim across the Channel.
Credits
- Gerardo Flores Ruiz, director and writer
- René Martínez Saenz, producer and protagonist
- Josune Mondragón, key cast member
- Nora Toledano, key cast member
- Antonio Argüelles, key cast member
- Margarita Saenz, key cast member
- René Martínez Cumming, key cast member
2021 WOWSA Award Winner & Nominees
Aloo is a 2021 WOWSA Awards winner. It was voted as the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Product or Service of the Year in a global voting poll. Aloo joins Paul Georgescu of Romania (WOWSA Man of the Year), Kate Steels of Great Britain (WOWSA Woman of the Year), Avram Iancu of Romania (WOWSA Performance of the Year), and Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli of Italy (WOWSA Event of the Year) as 2021 WOWSA Awards winners.
The nominees in the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Product or Service of the Year included:
Winner: Aloo of Mexico
First Runner-up: La Morada Club of Argentina
Second Runner-up: Oceans Seven: How I Cheated Death And Broke The Hardest Record In Swimming
4. Radikal Swim Swimming Club of Spain
5. We Swim Wild of Great Britain
6. Hammer Head Swim Caps of USA
7. Safe Sea of Israel
8. Against The Current of USA
9. Ask Me Why I’m Stood Here: A Bristol Channel Swim Tale of Great Britain
10. Ocean Walker Academy & Wellbeing Centre of Great Britain
11. Bruckner Chase Ocean Positive of USA
12. Maarten van der Weijden Foundation of the Netherlands
13. Freedom Swimmer of China-Hong Kong
14. Amphibia Dry Mat of Ireland
15. The Swim Reaper of New Zealand
16. Open Water Swim Traverse of Lebanon
17. Goa Open Water Swimming Club of India
