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Mauricio Prieto
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Mauricio Prieto, Susan Moody and Emily Kunze finishing their three-fer in Morocco after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar
Mauricio Prieto with David Ogden, Luane Rowe, Richard Ernst, Shannon Navarro, and Susan Moody Prieto of Sueño 88 team
Mauricio Prieto is an open water swimmer and aquapreneur originally from Spain who graduated from Princeton University in New Jersey and the University of California Berkeley.
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- He co-founded eDreams, main sponsors of Marnaton, an organization that aims to popularize open water swimming in Spain. Marnaton organizes Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués, a 6.5 km open water swimming event that attracts over 700 swimmers, Marnaton eDreams Formentera (11 km), Marnaton eDreams St Feliu (6 km), Marnaton eDreams La Lluna (4.5 km).
- He was named one of the 101 Movers And Shakers In The Open Water Swimming World by the Daily News of Open Water Swimming.
- His company, eDreams is a sponsor of Marnaton.
- He participated in an 88-mile (141.6 km) charity swim and relay across the Sea of Cortez in Mexico together with Richard Ernst, Susan Moody, Vito Bialla, Luane Rowe and Antonio Argüelles on 1 June 2014.
- He co-founded Swim4Good together with his wife Susan Moody and Emily Kunze. Together they produce a blog called OWswimming that focuses on various open water swimming topics and showcases interviews and guest posts with swimmers. As part of Swim4Good, Prieto, Susan Moody and Emily Kunze swam across the Strait of Gibraltar and raised $106,000 for Worldreader, a non-profit organization that brings books to kids in the developing world using mobile technology.
- He completed the 17.5 km La Bocaina: Playa Blanca (Lanzarote) - Corralejo (Fuertevenrura) swim in 6 hours 12 minutes in 2013.
- He completed the 11 km Marnaton Formentera in 3 hours 3 minutes in 2013.
- He completed the 10 km San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge to Oakland Bay Bridge in 1 hour 45 minutes in 2013.
- He completed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar crossing from Spain to Morocco in 4 hours 52 minutes in 2013.
- He completed the 11 km Marnaton Tossa del Mar - Sant Feliu in 3 hours 45 minutes in 2012.
- He completed the 11 km Ibiza Ultra Sa Caleta - Es Cavallet in 3 hours 25 minutes in 2012.
- He completed the 10 km Marnaton Sitges - Castelldefells in 3 hours 10 minutes in 2010.
- He completed the 10 km Marnaton Sitges - Castelldefells in 2 hours 41 minutes in 2011.
- He completed the 10 km Marnaton Sitges - Castelldefells in 2 hours 58 minutes in 2012.
- On 27 December 2020, he completed an 18 km relay crossing of the Cozumel Channel in Mexico from Isla Cozumel to Maya Riviera with his wife Susan Moody and daughter Carolina Prieto in 6 hours 52 minutes 56 seconds.
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Videos
A video from Víctor Rins
Simon Dominguez and Mauricio Prieto on Open Water Friday with Antonio Argüelles
Sueño 88 team
Prieto is part of the Sueño 88, 6 open water swimmers who attempted to swim 88 nautical miles (101 miles of 163 km) across the Sea of Cortez from the Baja California peninsula to the mainland of Mexico. Sueño 88 is an initiative by the Night Train Swimmers and Swim4Good, two organizations that use swimming as a vehicle to raise money for non-profit organizations, and includes David Ogden, Mauricio Prieto, Luane Rowe, Richard Ernst, Shannon Navarro, Susan Moody Prieto, and Vito Bialla (escort boat captain).
Sueño 88 Video
External links
- Swimming In Costa Brava
- Prieto Family To Attempt The Mexican English Channel
- The First Family Of The Cozumel Channel
- Asociación Mexicana de Aguas Abiertas
- Asociación Mexicana de Aguas Abiertas
- Open Water Swimming
- Simon Dominguez, Mauricio Prieto, Antonio Argüelles On Open Water Friday
- Mauricio Prieto With Antonio Argüelles On Open Water Friday
- Sueño 88
- Swim4Good
- Night Train Swimmers
- World Reader
- Swim4Good
- Marnaton
- Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués
- Worldreader.org
- Team Swim 4 Good article with Rafa Nadal
- X-ray of Open Water Swimming
- MARNATON eDreams Garraf - Sitges event
- MARNATON eDreams de la Luna website
- MARNATON eDreams Cap de Creus - Cadaqués website
- Team Swim 4 Good
- Marnaton
- Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Marnaton eDreams Cup Redux
- Swim4Good Crosses The Strait Of Gibraltar
- Husband, Wife Couple Up At Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués
- Eloquently Explaining The 'Why' Of Open Water Swimming
- Swim4Good And Across The Strait Of Gibraltar
- 6 To Go 88 Across Sea Of Cortez
- MSF Rules Of Marathon Swimming Announced
- Sueño 88 Logistics Across The Sea Of Cortez
- The Sueño Six Go For 88
- The Prequel To An Unprecedented Swim
- Hydrating With Carbo-Pro For 50 Hours Of Swimming
- Dr. Richard Ernst Packs And Preparing For Sueño 88
- Night Train Swimmers Receive Dolphin Escort
- Nature Nixes Night Train, Sea Sinks Sueño
- When Things Go South, Vito Bialla Looks Up
- A Swimmer’s Account Of The Sea Of Cortez
- Spanish Sea Swimming Splendor
- Sweet Carolina Swims 4 Good
