Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak is an inductee (Honor Swimmer of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 1979

The 1958 Atlantic City Around the Island Swim participants included 1. Thomas Park (Canada) 11 hours 52 minutes 45 seconds, 2. Cliff Lumsdon (Canada) 12 hours 9 minutes 0 seconds, 3. Greta Andersen (USA) 12 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds, 4. Tonatiuh Gutiérrez Olguín (Mexico) 12 hours 41 minutes 15 seconds, 5. Helge Jensen (Denmark) 12 hours 47 minutes 5 seconds, 6. Don Sabath (USA) 13 hours 5 minutes 25 seconds, 7. Joanne Florentine (USA) 13 hours 14 minutes 0 seconds, 8. Gene Perle (USA) 13 hours 16 minutes 30 seconds, 9. Aloma Keen (Canada) 13 hours 59 minutes 45 seconds, 10. Paul Herron (USA) 14 hours 21 minutes 12 seconds, DNF: Steve Wozniak (USA), Alfred Goerke (USA), Christa Herbig (USA)

Steve Wozniak (credit Times Leader photo July 30, 1939), an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Steve Wozniak was an American open water swimmer who was inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1979. He was a cement truck driver by profession.

Open Water Swimming Career

Wozniak enjoyed a 50-year marathon swimming career.
In 1937, he won the USA National five-mile championship.
He finished 3rd in the 41.8 km Atlantic City Centennial Swim on 26 July 1954.
In 1957, he won the five- and ten-mile events at the Canadian National Exhibition
He won the 54 km (32-mile) Nile River Swim in 1956
He participated in the 88 km (55-mile) Parana River swim in Argentina in 1961.
He finished third in several 36 km (22.5-mile) Around-the-Island Marathon Swims in Atlantic City, USA.
He swam 9 miles around Buffalo harbor with his legs tied when he was the age of 71.
He died at the age of 71 in 1987 while planning for his final English Channel attempt.
He competed in the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, coached by Gilles Potvin.