Igor de Souza
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Igor de Souza is an open water swimming administrator for the Brazilian Swimming Federation and race director for the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Santos, Brazil, and a former professional marathon swimmer.
Honors
He was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004 as an Honour Swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Career
- On 10 August 1992, he finished 13th in the Sylvan Lake World Series Marathon Swim in Alberta, Canada.
- He completed a two-way crossing of the English Channel in 1997 in 18 hours 33 minutes where he negative-split his swim (9:31 + 9:02). During his 18:33 swim, his first (9 hours 31 minutes) and second (9 hours 2 minutes) legs were the fastest times for crossings in that year.
- He swam the English Channel in 11 hours 6 minutes in 1996 as the best male time of the year by the Channel Swimming Association.
- He was the fastest man in the 48 km (28.5-mile) Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 1994 in 7 hours 8 minutes.
- He finished third in the 48 km (28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 1991 in 7 hours 19 minutes.
- He finished sixth in the 48 km (28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 1998 in 7 hours 48 minutes.
- He won the 48 km (28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2001 in 7 hours 19 minutes.
- He started swimming International Marathon Swimming Association events in 1985 and was ranked in the top 10 between 1987 and 1994. For 15 years, he competed all over the world, winning some races and finishing all.
- He swam 36 km (22.5-mile) Around-the-Island Marathon Swim in Atlantic City, USA a total of ten times.
External links
- The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
- The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 2010's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 2000's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1990's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1980's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1970's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1960's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1950's
- Brazilians Following In The Wake Of Abilio Couto In The English Channel
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- How Far Is The English Channel?
- Ricardo Ratto Talks About His Career On WOWSA Live
- When Diego Degano, Shelley Taylor-Smith Ruled Sylvan Lake
- Igor de Souza Talks About Mental Preparation On WOWSA Live
- Claudio Plit Talks About Internal and External Adventure On WOWSA Live
- Igor de Souza, The Man About The Open Water
- Marathon Swimming Hall Of Famers At The Olympics
- Igor De Souza - LongSwimsDB Swimmer Profile
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- 1990 Capri-Napoli, A Marathon Race Like No Other
- Channel Swimming Association 1996
- Channel Swimming Association 1997
- Who's Who In English Channel's Over-and-Back
- Catarina Almeida Porfírio Swims From Leme To Pontal
- Hall Of Fame Heroes From Brazil
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
