ISHOF Announces it’s (MISHOF) Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame Class for 2023…. |
ISHOF 2019 Induction Ceremony, St. Louis, MO, USAS convention (photo above) |
By: Meg Keller-Marvin
The Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame (MISHOF) is proud to announce its prestigious Masters Class of 2023. This year ISHOF will be inducting the class of seven (7) honorees from five countries that were selected last year: three swimmers, one diver, one water polo player, one synchronized/artistic swimmer, and one contributor. The Masters (MISHOF) induction event will be held in conjunction with the ISHOF Honoree weekend, Saturday, October 4-5, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Mother courage: The story behind new film “Vindication Swim” telling the story of ISHOF Honoree Mercedes Gleitze |
Swimming legend Mercedes Gleitze was the first British woman to swim the English Channel. She was also a pioneer in other ways: an independent, working-class woman who swam to fight poverty. In the run up to a new film of her life, Vindication Swim, Mercedes’ daughter Doloranda Pember shares the story behind her pioneering feats of endurance.
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This article was first published in H2Open (the previous name for Outdoor Swimmer) in April 2016. Updated March 2024: It has now just been released
in theaters in the U.K. Read more about it. |
INAUGURAL “HIGH DIVE LIVE!” SHOW; WHO WILL BE CROWNED THE FIRST CHAMPION? |
For the first time in Fort Lauderdale, FL, High Dive Global and the International Swimming Hall of Fame are hosting a one-of-a-kind diving show, HIGH DIVE LIVE!
Prepare to witness jaw-dropping dives, incredible athleticism, and fierce competition as these elite high divers push the limits of what is possible in the world of high diving to be crowned the first “High Dive Live!” champion!
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The International Swimming Hall of
Fame Launches Every Child a
Swimmer (ECAS) on-land water
safety education program supported
by Princess Charlene of Monaco
Foundation. |
News provided by Every Child A Swimmer Staff
by Casey McGovern . |
The International Swimming Hall of Fame, in collaboration with the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation, is proud to announce the launch of the Every Child a Swimmer (ECAS) program.
Spearheaded by Dr. Bill Kent, Chair of the Board, and Casey McGovern, program manager.
ECAS embodies our spiritual mission at the International Swimming Hall of Fame to ensure every child has the opportunity to become a proficient swimmer. |
Women’s History Month: Celebrating Four Legends in the Sport (and they’re all Honorees!) |
by MIGUEL CABALLERO Women’s History Month: Celebrating Four Legends In the Sport
As part of Women’s History Month, this article honors four female swimmers who made history at past Olympic Games. These swimmers competed from the mid-1980s and into the 2010s. Specifically, from Los Angeles 1984 to London 2012. Due to the extensive and rich history of women within the swimming sport, choosing which athlete to highlight for this piece was the hardest challenge. That said, the ultimate distinction was swimmers who won more than six Olympic medals throughout their careers.
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Women’s History Month: Aussie
Honoree Fanny Durack a Pioneer in Olympic Women’s Swimming as the First Champion |
by JOHN LOHN – ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Today, March 1, marks the beginning of Women’s History Month. To mark the beginning of the month, we look at the arrival of women in the Olympic pool, where Australian Fanny Durack became the first Olympic swimming champion among women, over 100m freestyle, on July 12, 1912. |
The Every Child a Swimmer program is thrilled to
collaborate with the SB 544 legislation to guarantee that even more children acquire essential swimming skills and become proficient swimmers. |
The alignment between SB 544 and the “Every Child A Swimmer” legislation and program emphasizes a shared commitment to protecting Florida’s children and
promoting water safety as a fundamental priority.
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We are beginning a new series this month, in the ISHOF Newsletter, called:
Generations, and it will highlight the generations in Aquatic sports. This series is sponsored by the Raymond C. Rude Foundation. Raymond C. Rude was inducted
into ISHOF in 1992 as an Honor Contributor. We will feature Raymond C. Rude and his “generations” in an upcoming month. |
Generations at the Pool: The Barrowman father-daughter duo come together from the Cayman Islands to Doha |
Shared from and written by Tatsuo Ogura, World Aquatics Correspondent |
Mike Barrowman, Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the men’s 200m breaststroke, stood on the pool deck of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. It was a mixture of familiar yet strange moments for him, being around the water and other swimmers, with memories of his past achievements echoing in his mind. |
ISHOF and synchronized swimming loses a true legend of the sport: Judith McGowan dies suddenly on Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
~My personal memories of a great woman and friend~ |
My birth certificate says that I hit the big 6-0 last November, but like a lot of us, in my heart, I am still running down the halls of my high school trying to find out what’s going on for the weekend. So, when I got the news today, that my dear friend, ISHOF Honoree, Judy McGowan had died suddenly, my first thought was that it was a mistake. Now, I know Judy is older than me by 20+ years but it was still just not possible. Not Judy. |
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