Natalie Coughlin – 3-Time Olympian, 12-Time Olympic Medalist – To Be Inducted Into International Swimming Hall of Fame
Natalie Coughlin to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Natalie Coughlin was a U.S. competitive swimmer, three-time Olympian and twelve-time Olympic medalist (3 Gold, 4 S, 5 B). She attended UC Berkeley, swimming for the Golden Bears. Natalie became the first woman to swim the 100-meter backstroke, long course, in less than one minute in 2002. She achieved that milestone at the International Swimming Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex during the U.S. Nationals in Fort Lauderdale. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Natalie became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in two consecutive Games. She competed in her third Olympic Games in London in 2012, where she earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Photo Courtesy: ESPN
Natalie’s success earned her Swimming World Magazine‘s World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the Year, three times each. She won more than 60 medals in international competitions, including the Olympic Games, the World Championships, Pan American and Pan Pacific Championships. Natalie won eleven individual NCAA national championship titles and a twelfth NCAA relay title, during her four years as a Cal Bear. She was voted NCAA Swimmer of the Year, three consecutive years, and Sport Illustrated Magazine named her its college Female Athlete of the Year. Her beauty graced the cover of ESPN’s The Body Issue in 2015. Coughlin graduated from Berkeley with a degree in psychology in the spring of 2005. Coughlin was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Prior to entering college, Natalie was Swimming World Magazine’s High School Swimmer of the Year in 1998
Come and meet Coughlin in person and hear her incredible life story at the ISHOF Induction dinner on Saturday, October 15, 2022.
Can’t attend the event? Please consider donating to ISHOF and support Natalie and our other inspirational Honorees.
More About Natalie Coughlin:
Natalie has continued to stay in the spotlight whether it was water related or in a different capacity. She competed in Dancing with the Stars in 2019.
One of her favorite hobbies today is cooking. She has appeared on several different cooking shows and has authored her own cookbook: Cook to Thrive: Recipes to Fuel Body and Soul. In 2017, Natalie became involved in winemaking, when she became a partner in Gaderian Wines, Napa Valley. Natalie is married to Ethan Hall and the mother of two, a daughter in 2012 and a son, Ozzie, in 2020.
Make your plans now to attend October 15, 2022! Purchase your tickets TODAY!!! (Get info on membership here.) Can’t attend the event? Donate to ISHOF to support our honorees.
This year’s International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees include:
International Swimming Hall of Fame 2022 Honorees
Craig Beardsley (USA) – Swimming
Natalie Coughlin (USA) – Swimming
Marilyn Bell (CAN) – Open Water Swimming
Michael Klim (AUS) – Swimming
Jon Sieben (AUS) – Swimming
Daichi Suzuki (JPN)– Swimming
Matthew Mitcham (AUS) – Diving
Ursula Carlile (AUS) – Coach
Peter Huerzeler (SUI) – ISHOF Contributor
Mirko Vicevic (YUG/MON) Water Polo
Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees
USA Swimmer (TBA) USA Contributor (TBA)
Edith Bohm (GER) Masters Swimmer
Olga Kokorina (RUS) Masters Swimmer
Shigehisha Sekikawa (JPN) Masters Swimmer
Birte Hohlstein (GER) Masters Artistic Swimming
Guenther Wolf (GER) Masters Water Polo
Paragon Awards
To be announced soon
The Induction Weekend Schedule
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Official 57th Annual International Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner
5:30 pm VIP Reception
6:30 –10:00 pm Induction Ceremony & Dinner
Purchase Tickets HERE
HOTEL INFORMATION
Host Hotel: Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
Upscale retreat with private beach access, two pools, four restaurants, full service spa and oceanside bar. Location of the Saturday evening induction ceremony. ¼ mile south of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
3030 Holiday Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 525-4000
Special ISHOF Guest Rate of $229 per night, BOOK YOUR ROOM HERE
($39 Resort fee – Guests can opt out if not interested in resort amenities)
Additional Hotel Option: Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Beach
440 Seabreeze Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 524-8733 Special ISHOF Guest Rate of $189 per night
Honoree Ceremony October 15, 2022 Last Day to Book: Friday, September 30, 2022
Phase I Done: ISHOF Pool Complex Renovation Complete
Phase I Done: ISHOF Pool Complex Renovation Complete
Earlier this week HENSEL PHELPS completed the Fort Lauderdale Aquatics Center at the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
There are three brand new, completely refurbished pools, including a diving well, the main competition pool, and a training pool. All in, the new facility retains over 2.6 million gallons of water. This section of the Hall of Fame is slated to open in stages throughout 2022. The pools are projected to open by early summer but no official date has been confirmed.
The diving tower measures 27 meters high with eight additional different-height platforms and two springboards available for use. This is the first and only dive tower of this height in the USA. It is second only to the High Diving Stadium in Zhao Qing, China
The two ISHOF buildings are scheduled to be torn down this summer and replaced with spectacular and new iconic buildings.
New ISHOF Front Entrance
New ISHOF Museum Building
Expected Aerial View of Entire Aquatic Complex in 2025
Here are the latest statistics of the new pools, courtesy of HENSEL PHELPS and Weller Pools.
West Competition Pool
Built: 2022Width: 25 MetersLength: 50 MetersDepth: 6.5 – 10 FeetVolume: 976,340 GallonsNumber of Lanes: 50 Meters (10), 25 Meters (20), and 25 Yards (20)Lane Width: 8.2 FeetWater Polo Courses: 30 Meters (1), 25 Meters (2)Synchronized Swimming Courses: 1Timing System: Omega SwissSeating: Permanent Grandstands 1,522
Dive Well
Built: 2022Width: 25 MetersLength: 25 YardsDepth: 19.5 FeetVolume: 926,578 GallonsNumber of Lanes: 25 Meters (8)Diving Platforms: 1 Meter, 3 Meter, 5 Meter, 7.5 Meter, 10 Meter, 20 Meter, 24 Meter, and 27 MeterSpringboards: 1 Meter (2), 3 Meter (3)Sparger System: Pulsair Softwater Landing System
East Competition Pool
Built: 1991Width: 25 YardsLength: 50 MetersDepth: 4 – 12.5 FeetVolume: 749,348 GallonsNumber of Lanes: 50 Meters (10) at 7 Feet Wide, 25 Yards (20) at 8 Feet Wide
The original competition pool was built in 1965 and underwent refurbishment from 1991-96. The original diving structure was built in 1965 as well. This is the first complete renovation of the diving area since the Hall of Fame opened.
Phase Two of the ISHOF renovation, the new museum, is already in motion. Members of the Hall of Fame staff have spent countless hours tagging, logging, and packing all of the memorabilia we have come to know and love. No immediate information regarding the museum renovation or reopening dates has been released at this time.
Craig Beardsley: 1980 Olympic Hopeful and World Record Holder in the 200 Butterfly to be Inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Craig Beardsley to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, October 15, 2022
Craig Beardsley is a former American competitive swimmer who was a world record-holder in the 200-meter butterfly for three years in the early 1980s. Beardsley won the gold medal in his signature event, the 200-meter butterfly, at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese’s Florida Gators in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1979 to 1982.
Craig Beardsley. Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Magazine.
Craig Beardsley qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 1980, but could not participate when the U.S. Olympic Committee, at the behest of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, voted to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. The Games were boycotted by the United States and other countries after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in late 1979. Like many of the best American athletes of 1980, he was denied the opportunity to participate on the largest stage for international sports. Beardsley set a world record of 1:58.21 in the 200- meter butterfly on July 30, 1980, one week after the Olympic Games—a time that was over a second faster than Soviet swimmer Sergey Fesenko‘s gold medal time in the 1980 Olympic finals.
Come and meet Beardsley in person and hear his incredible life story at the ISHOF Induction dinner on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Can’t attend the event? Please consider donating to ISHOF and support Craig and our other inspirational Honorees.
More About Craig Beardsley:
After the United States–led boycott of the Moscow Olympics, Beardsley continued to train and participate in competitive swimming. He held both the American and world records for the 200-meter butterfly from 1980 to 1983. Swimming World Magazine named Beardsley its American Male Swimmer of the Year in 1981. He was a two-time NCAA champion in the 200-meter butterfly and received eight All-American honors while swimming for the Florida Gators.
Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Magazine
Make your plans now to attend October 15, 2022! Purchase your tickets TODAY!!! (Get info on membership here.) Can’t attend the event? Donate to ISHOF to support our honorees.
This year’s International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees include:
International Swimming Hall of Fame 2022 Honorees
Craig Beardsley (USA) – Swimming
Natalie Coughlin (USA) – Swimming
Marilyn Bell (CAN) – Open Water Swimming
Michael Klim (AUS) – Swimming
Jon Sieben (AUS) – Swimming
Daichi Suzuki (JPN)– Swimming
Matthew Mitcham (AUS) – Diving
Ursula Carlile (AUS) – Coach
Peter Huerzeler (SUI) – ISHOF Contributor
Mirko Vicevic (YUG/MON) Water Polo
Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees
Doris Steadman (USA) Masters Swimmer
Dr. Jane Katz (USA) Masters Contributor
Edith Bohm (GER) Masters Swimmer
Olga Kokorina (RUS) Masters Swimmer
Shigehisha Sekikawa (JPN) Masters Swimmer
Birte Hohlstein (GER) Masters Artistic Swimming
Guenther Wolf (GER) Masters Water Polo
The Induction Weekend Schedule
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Official 57th Annual International Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner
5:30 pm VIP Reception
6:30 –10:00 pm Induction Ceremony & Dinner
Purchase Tickets HERE
HOTEL INFORMATION
Host Hotel: Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
Upscale retreat with private beach access, two pools, four restaurants, full service spa and oceanside bar. Location of the Saturday evening induction ceremony. ¼ mile south of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
3030 Holiday Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 525-4000
Special ISHOF Guest Rate of $229 per night, BOOK YOUR ROOM HERE
($39 Resort fee – Guests can opt out if not interested in resort amenities)
Additional Hotel Option: Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Beach
440 Seabreeze Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 524-8733 Special ISHOF Guest Rate of $189 per night
Honoree Ceremony October 15, 2022 Last Day to Book: Friday, September 30, 2022
Jackie Robinson Paved Way For All Sports When He Broke Baseball’s Color Barrier 75 Years
by DAN D’ADDONA — SWIMMING WORLD MANAGING EDITOR
Photo Courtesy: Public Domain Photo
Seventy-five years ago, the most significant moment in the history of all modern sports took place when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Robinson, who played mostly second base in his career, played first base on April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
It was the start of a long struggle for integration in all sports and the start of a long battle Robinson endured, with years or racial slurs, threats on his life and pitchers throwing at his head. But it was a fight he was willing to endure, and do so without fighting back, which made the “Great Experiment” as it was called, work.
Robinson went on to transform the game, bringing the electric base running of the Negro Leagues to the majors, quickly becoming one of the game’s greatest stars. He won Rookie of the Year in 1947, then the MVP in 1949, transforming the Dodgers into a perennial World Series contender.
But more importantly, it transformed the game.
Within a few years, other black stars — some of the game’s greatest players in history — would join him in the majors. It was a baseball revolution, which within five years saw baseball legends like Willie Mays, Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella, Minnie Minoso and Satchel Paige follow Robinson to the majors. Just a few years later, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Frank Robinson, Bob Gibson and Ernie Banks followed, ushering in the Golden Era of baseball.
But Jackie Robinson’s legacy goes far beyond baseball.
Sure, his baseball exploits gave him a platform, but it was what he did with that platform that transcended baseball.
His heroics on the field led to other sports becoming integrated. In fact, once at Ebbets Field, Robinson spoke to a group of teenagers from Canada who had earned a trip to New York. A young Willie O’Ree was just 13 but told Robinson he wanted to integrate the NHL just as Robinson had done with MLB. A few years later, O’Ree was the first black hockey player in the NHL.
Jackie Robinson was outspoken, which also gave a rise to a generation of black athletes like Althea Gibson (tennis), Arthur Ashe (tennis), Bill Russell (basketball), Jim Brown (football) and a little later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball) and Muhammad Ali (boxing).
These athletes revolutionized their sports and became role models for kids of all backgrounds.
Swimming has had several barrier breakers:
Enith Brigitha
Enith Brigitha was one of the first Black swimmers to reach the top of the sport. She was fittingly born on April 15 — Jackie Robinson Day — and born in the year that Robinson led Brooklyn to its only World Series title (1955).
Brigitha, who was born in Curacao and represented the Netherlands, became the first Black swimmer to earn a swimming medal at the Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
She finished behind two East German swimmers in both events and with the controversial doping that took place by the East Germans, she very well could have been the first Black swimmer to earn a gold
medal.
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H.Bick
Anthony Nesty
Anthony Nesty made his impact in swimming long before taking over as coach of the University of Florida. Nesty won the gold medal in the 100 butterfly at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul while competing for Suriname.
He was the first Black male swimmer to earn a medal and the first to win gold and just the second gold medal winner to ever come from a South American nation. He won the bronze in the same event in 1992 in Barcelona.
He is now one of the few Black coaches in college swimming.
Anthony Ervin; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Anthony Ervin
In 2000, Anthony Ervin became the first African-American swimmer to earn a gold medal in Olympic swimming.
He won the gold in the 50 freestyle, tying teammate Gary Hall Jr. Ervin was just the second swimmer of African decent, following Nesty, to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Ervin is of African-American and Jewish descent.
He wasn’t done.
Ervin won gold in the 50 freestyle 16 years later in 2016 at the age of 35, becoming the oldest individual Olympic swimming champion. He won three golds and a silver during his Olympic career, which spanned three Games.
Maritza Correia McClendon
Maritza Correia McClendon was a Black swimmer from Puerto Rico who became the first Puerto Rican of African decent to be on the U.S. Olympic team, competing at the 2004 Games in Athens.
She earned the silver medal on the 400 freestyle relay and was the first Black female swimmer to set an American and world record in swimming.
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Cullen Jones
In 2008, Cullen Jones joined Nesty and Ervin as Olympic gold medalists. As part of the 400 freestyle relay, Jones won gold in Beijing and was also the first African-American male to hold a world record, as the U.S. relay squad set the mark.
He also broke the American record in the 50 freestyle (21.59) at the Olympic Trials.
But the relay was a huge moment for Jones and swimming and was heightened by the fact that this was one of the most exciting events in swimming history as Jason Lezak chased down France’s Alain Bernard in the anchor leg to give the U.S. gold and preserve the record-setting 8-for-8 gold performance by Michael Phelps.
Jones returned to the Olympics in 2012 and won gold in the 400 medley relay and claimed silver in the 50 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay. Jones was part of the historic 2012 U.S. Olympic team that was the first to have more than one African-American swimmer on the team. Jones was joined by Ervin and Lia Neal in 2012.
Simone Manuel. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Simone Manuel
In 2016, Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in swimming, as well as set an Olympic record and American record. She and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak tied for the gold in the 100 freestyle and broke the Olympic record in the event. Manuel is also a three-time world record relay swimmer.
At Stanford, she was a six-time individual NCAA champion, leading an historic 1-2-3 finish with Lia Neal and Natalie Hinds, the first 1-2-3 sweep by African-American swimmers in NCAA history.
These swimmers have led the way into a sport that continues to diversify. African-Americans Lia Neal and Natalie Hinds have become Olympians. Reece Whitley has excelled in the breaststroke and Giles Smith was named captain of an International Swimming League (ISL) team. David Curtiss broke a national high school record and became an international medalist.
Today, we remember Robinson who got the ball rolling by breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
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Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals
by DAVID RIEDER
Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals
For the first time, Olympic swimming will take place over nine days of finals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The organizing committee for the Games recently released the full competition schedule by sport for the Games, which will take place from Wednesday, July 24 through Sunday, August 11, 2024. As usual, swimming will be held over the first week of the Games beginning the day after the Opening Ceremony, but there will be one additional day of finals.
The swimming competition will take place at Paris La Defense Arena, and for eight days stretching from Saturday, July 27 through Saturday, August 3, competition will include prelims from 11 a.m. through 1 p.m. local time and finals from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. Paris is six hours ahead of the United States, so that would mean a start time of 2:30 p.m. for those watching from the U.S. east coast. The schedule also includes a finals session from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 4.
FINA confirmed to Swimming World that this schedule is accurate. Swimming will return to evening finals in Paris after medals were awarded in the morning for the Tokyo Games, a move designed to accommodate prime-time viewing in the United States. But the schedule of events could change completely after it remained almost identical for the last five Olympics, with seven sessions of prelims and eight sessions of finals. Aside from moving finals to the morning in Tokyo (and previously at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing), the only recent change was the addition of the women’s 1500 freestyle, the men’s 800 freestyle and the mixed 400 medley relay to bring the total number of medal events up from 32 to 35.
Now, the schedule will spread out over eight prelims and nine finals. The move will likely be welcome news to female and male sprinters who had to navigate the 50 freestyle, mixed 400 medley relay and single-gender 400 medley relays over the final two days of racing in Tokyo.
FINA revealed that the competition schedule for Paris is still being developed in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee and the organizing committee for the Paris Games.
USA Swimming confirms Indy will host 2024 Swimming Olympic Trials….
by DAN D’ADDONA — SWIMMING WORLD MANAGING EDITOR
USA Swimming has confirmed the report that the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials are headed to Indianapolis.
The official announcement was made by USA Swimming and Indiana Sports Corp, that the event will take place in Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.
“From day one, I truly believed that there was no bigger, more exciting, everything-on-the-line Olympic event in this country than the Swimming Trials and envisioned the heights that we could take it to,” USA Swimming President & CEO Tim Hinchey III said. “Given their track record, we are incredibly confident and excited in Indianapolis’ ability to conduct a technically flawless competition and to stage a world-class event. We are also proud of Indiana Sports Corp’s commitment to partnering with us in giving back to the local community and leaving a legacy far beyond our nine-day meet.”
Omaha has hosted the past four U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
Traditionally aking place every four years, the Olympic Trials rank as the most prestigious swimming event in the United States. The 2024 Olympic Trials will serve as the sole selection meet for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team, which will represent Team USA in the pool competition in Paris, France. While Indianapolis last hosted the swimming Trials in 2000, 2024 will mark the 100-year anniversary since Indianapolis hosted the Olympic Swimming Trials for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
“We are honored to be selected as host to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming,” Indiana Sports Corp President Ryan Vaughn said. “The sports strategy in Indianapolis was built on a foundation of Olympic sports and we look forward to elevating the sport of swimming and Indy’s reputation as the city where champions are crowned through this event. This is a tremendous opportunity to engage our community beyond the competition venue and we look forward to providing a top-tier experience to all involved.”
Three temporary pools, two 50-meter and one 25-meter, will be installed over the field in Lucas Oil Stadium, which is a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue that has hosted such prestigious events as the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Basketball Championship games, the College Football Playoff National Championship, and many others. The Indiana Convention Center, connected to the stadium, will feature USA Swimming’s Toyota Aqua Zone, a can’t-miss fan activation area. The USA Swimming House, a vibrant hospitality hub, will also make its anticipated return and USA Swimming and the Indiana Sports Corp expect to create a city-wide festival throughout the course of the event to celebrate the sport of swimming.
“Indianapolis continues to solidify its place as the top host city in the country,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett. “One hundred years after the road to swimming in the Paris Summer Olympics went through our city, we’re looking forward to once again highlighting the top athletes in the country. Thanks to the partnership with USA Swimming and Indiana Sports Corp, as well as the team at Lucas Oil Stadium for making this innovative event happen right here in Indianapolis.”
As part of the hosting partnership, USA Swimming and the Indiana Sports Corp will commit a total of $400,000 to Legacy Projects to ensure increased access to water for children in underserved areas of the Indianapolis region. The entities will work with programs and facilities in need of financial and programmatic assistance, with the ultimate goals of promoting the sport of swimming and the life-saving skills of water safety.
Prior to the pandemic, the 2016 Olympic Trials eclipsed all previous attendance marks with nearly 200,000 spectators across 15 sold-out sessions – in a 14,500-seat venue – and a 30 percent increase in tickets sold over 2012. More than 36 million television viewers watched live primetime coverage from the eight nights of Trials on NBC, and the event generated more than $74 million in economic impact for the city of Omaha.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for all sports is a collaborative, three-way partnership between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), the National Governing Bodies (NGB) and the local organizing committees.
Coach Sally Hansell is ONE IN A THOUSAND!
Sally Hansell has been a longtime friend, visitor, supporter and contributor to ISHOF, but over the last year, she became a member of ISHOF’s One in A Thousand program. It’s people like Sally that help make ISHOF what it is today, help it continue to grow, as they help us with our mission and continue to support ISHOF financially.
Here is Sally Hansell’s story:
Sally Hansell, a Cooper City resident, is best known for her love of all aquatic sports, but diving is in her blood. She moved to Florida in the ninth grade and competed in swimming and diving, each year qualifying for the Florida State High School Championships. She began her coaching career when she was severely injured while training for diving on a trampoline and was unable to complete.
Sally began her career as head diving coach at Lakewood High School and St. Petersburg Catholic High School (St. Petersburg, Florida). In 1980, she moved to Broward County and became head diving coach, assistant swim coach and head water polo coach at Cooper City High School, where she remained until 2004. Hansell has been the head diving coach at University School of Nova Southeastern, and has also served as the director of the swimming & diving there, where she still remains today.
Hansell has coached over 100 diving and swimming athletes to the medal stand at the FHSAA State Championships. Seven of her divers completed their seasons undefeated in all competitions including the State Championships. She serves on the Florida Gold Coast Diving Association Board of Directors as president and has been a FHSAA-certified referee for over 20 years. She has been the recipient of “Coach of the Year” in 2011 at University School of Nova Southeastern, and two-time recipient of “BCAA All Star Water Polo Coach,” and “NJCAA Swimming and Diving Coach of the Year,” as well as a selection committee member for the NISCA High School All American divers. In 2017, Sally was inducted into the Broward County Sports Hall of Fame, right here in Fort Lauderdale, along with other greats in their own respective sports, like Miami Dolphins great, Jason Taylor, Football, Miami Marlin’s Cliff Floyd, baseball and Glenn Kaye, swimming, to name a few……
Induction into Broward County Sports Hall of Fame
Photo courtesy: sunny.org
Sally has been attending meets and bringing her athletes to the Hall of Fame since the 1980’s and has seen the many changes since that time.
“I love the museum, and the entire venue, and knowing it’s in Fort Lauderdale helps me show my friends it’s acknowledgement to athletes and how it showcases what they can and have achieved. I also advocate that they go visit the world of Aquatics” said Sally recently.
When asked why she donates to ISHOF, Sally went ISHOF highlights, it allows me to have a place I call home for something I participated in, and still coach and teach in.
I will always give to this institution in any way I can”.
Thank you Sally Hansell for always being a part of ISHOF, and this year for becoming “One in A Thousand”.
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame wants to know if you are one in a thousand? We think you are! Show how special you are and become a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s “One In A Thousand” Club. Help keep the International Swimming Hall of Fame moving forward toward a new vision and museum by joining now!
During these unprecedented times, the ISHOF Board is calling on every member in the aquatic community to make a small monthly commitment of support to show how special you are and how special the International Swimming Hall of Fame is to everyone.
“Our goal is simple. If we get 1,000 people to simply commit $10, $25 or $50 per month, we will generate enough revenue to go beyond this Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis.” – Bill Kent – Chairman of the ISHOF Board
“Those that believe in our vision, mission, and goals can join us in taking ISHOF into the future and be a part of aquatic history.” – Brent Rutemiller – CEO and President of ISHOF
Since 1965, ISHOF has been the global focal point for recording and sharing the history of aquatics, promoting swimming as an essential life-skill, and developing educational programs and events related to water sports. ISHOF’s vision for the future is to build a new museum and expand its reach by offering its museum artifacts digitally through a redesigned website.
The ISHOF Board of Directors is calling on all members of the aquatics community to make a small monthly commitment to show their dedication to aquatics and how special the International Swimming Hall of Fame is to everyone.
PBS to Air Documentary Feature on “Ambassador of Aloha” Duke Kahanamoku (Video Trailer)
PBS to Air Documentary Feature on “Ambassador of Aloha” Duke Kahanamoku
PBS has produced a feature documentary titled, “American Masters: Waterman — Duke: Ambassador of Aloha,” a new look at a groundbreaking figure in American swimming.
The documentary is narrated by Jason Momoa. It features rare archival footage and interviews with world famous surfers Laird Hamilton, Kelly Slater and Carissa Moore as well as musician Jack Johnson. It will premiere May 10 at 9 p.m.
Kahanamoku was born in 1890 in Hawaii, long before it became an American state. He is credited as an innovator in both the sports of swimming and surfing, pivotal in helping both develop into their modern versions. As a dark-skinned Pacific Islander, he did all that while enduring prejudice throughout his life, with a story that was little appreciated outside of the Hawaiian islands. Kahanamoku was a 1965 inductee to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
In the pool, he was a star at a time when swimming was just establishing itself. He won gold in the men’s 100-meter freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics to go with a relay silver. After a brief retirement around the cancellation of the 1916 Olympics due to World War I, he returned to repeat in the 100 free and add relay gold in Antwerp in 1920. At age 33, then ancient for an athlete, he won silver in the 100 free at the 1924 Paris Games.
Kahanamoku’s swimming prowess stemmed from his exertions on a surfboard. He helped popularize traditional long boards, one of which he used in 1925 to help save eight fishermen when their boat capsized off the coast of Newport Beach, Calif. He also seeded the surfing booms in both California and Australia with visits there in the 1910s.
Kahanamoku lived until age 77, long enough to watch Hawaii become a state and see some of his achievements memorialized. He dabbled in acting roles in Hollywood in the 1920s, a popular pathway for Olympic swimmers, and became known as the “Ambassador of Aloha” as a vital supporter of Hawaii’s tourist industry.
The award-winning American Masters, now in its 36th season, “illuminates the lives and creative journeys of our nation’s most enduring artistic giants — those who have left an indelible impression on our cultural landscape — through compelling, unvarnished stories.”
“American Masters: Waterman — Duke: Ambassador of Aloha” is available on broadcast or to stream on PBS.org, the PBS Video App or through the PBS Passport program. The documentary is a production of Sidewinder Films, a division of The Foundation for Global Sports Development and Ungerleider-Ulich Productions in association with American Masters Pictures. Directed by Isaac Halasima. Produced by David Ulich and Dr. Steven Ungerleider. Michael Cascio is executive producer. Chet Thomas is Co-Producer. Michael Kantor is executive producer of American Masters.
For more information, visit the American Masters show page.
There Are Now NEW Ways to Donate to ISHOF
The International Swimming Hall of Fame would not exist without the generosity of generations of donors, which means the future of ISHOF rests on your shoulders. From small denominations to big dollars, every gift matters, and your participation sends a message that you understand, are grateful for and want to be part of the history of swimming.
In addition to its One in A Thousand program, monthly, and one-time donations, ISHOF now has Planned Giving options for donations.
Planned Giving works in a variety of ways.
Gifts from Your Will or Trust
How It Works
Include a gift to The International Swimming Hall of Fame in your will or trust.Make your bequest unrestricted or direct it to a specific purpose.Indicate a specific amount or a percentage of the balance remaining in your estate or trust.Tell us about your gift so we may celebrate your generosity now!
Gifts That Pay You Income
Charitable Gift Annuity
A charitable gift annuity is a simple agreement between you and The International Swimming Hall of Fame. In exchange for a gift of cash or appreciated assets, you receive fixed payments for life
How It Works
You transfer cash or securities to The International Swimming Hall of Fame. Our minimum suggested gift requirement is $100,000.The International Swimming Hall of Fame pays you, yourself and a spouse, or any two beneficiaries you name, fixed payments for life.Beneficiaries are recommended to be at least 60 years of age at the time of the gift.The remaining balance passes to ISHOF when the contract ends.
Gifts of Life Insurance
How It Works
You transfer ownership of a paid-up life insurance policy to The International Swimming Hall of Fame.ISHOF elects to cash in the policy now or hold it.Consider naming The International Swimming Hall of Fame in your long-term plans. It’s simple.
Gifts from your Retirement Plans
Here is a tax-smart way to make an impact on ISHOF using your traditional or inherited IRA. The IRA charitable rollover (also called the Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD) is a great way to make a tax-free gift to ISHOF and satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). If you are not required to take an RMD but no longer itemize your deductions, then a QCD may be right for you as well.
How It Works
Name or designate The International Swimming Hall of Fame as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), or other qualified retirement plan.Pass the balance of your retirement assets to The International Swimming Hall of Fame by contacting your plan administrator.Important! Tell ISHOF about your gift. Your plan administrator is not obligated to notify us, so if you don’t tell us, we may not know.
For more information contact the International Swimming Hall of Fame here, to answer all of your donation questions.