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SAVE THE DATE
AUGUST 25-27, 2017 -
Fort Lauderdale
ISHOF CLASS OF 2017 ANNOUNCED
The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced the 17 honorees who will enter as the Class of 2017 that will be honored in ceremonies to be held August 25-27, in Fort Lauderdale. The Class of 2017 consists of swimmers
Alain Bernard (FRA),
Ian Crocker (USA),
Leisel Jones (AUS)
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Laure Manaudou (FRA)
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Wu Chuanyu (CHN),
Takeshi "Halo" Hirose (USA) &
Georges Vallerey, Jr. (FRA)
, open water swimmers
Maarten Van Der Weijden (NED) &
Walter Poenisch (USA), divers
Laura Wilkinson (USA) &
Zhang Xiuwei (CHN) , water polo players
Osvaldo Codaro (ARG),
Andras Bodnar (HUN) &
Bridgette Gusterson (AUS), synchronized swimmer
Anastasia Davydova (RUS), coach
Dick Jochums (USA
) and contributor/photojournalist
Heinz Kluetmeier (USA) .
More information to come.
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2017 INTERNATIONAL MARATHON SWIMMING HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
London will be the site of the 2017 IMSHOF Induction Ceremony on April 22, 2017.
Please see
IMSHOF.ORG
for the 2017 IMSHOF Honourees and further details. We wish them a successful ceremony.
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What's happening with the
International Swimming Hall of Fame?
What will the museum look like in Santa Clara?
We have been working with two of the world's most renowned museum consultants: Cambridge
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ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF ISHOF MUSEUM
IN SANTA CLARA
by Fort Lauderdale arcitectural designer Christina Lihan
More at: www.lihanstudio.com
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Seven and Cortina Productions. They have done innumerable sports museums and believe that the story of swimming, from its ancient origins to its evolution as a modern Olympic sport - told through the use of modern technologies - will create a powerhouse museum. For swimming is NOT just a sport, but an essential lifeskill and passport to a world of limitless recreational, occupational and healthful activities. All of which will be featured in the museum along with a complete STEAM educational program to lure field trips for students of all ages and backgrounds.
What is the status of the Hall of Fame in Santa Clara?
If the history of ISHOF tells us anything, we know that public works projects take time. That said, in 2016 great progress was made to move the project in Santa Clara forward. The initial Environmental Impact Study was completed and certified by Council and the period for court challenges related to the adequacy or certification of the EIS has passed. In September, USA Swimming named the City of Santa Clara the Top Swim City in America! The November elections left us with a City Council that is aware of the potential cost estimates and unanimously supports the project. The City is now moving forward with funding options and we are hopeful that funds will be released to allow for the architectural and construction documents to be created. This process may take two years or more, before actual construction begins for what will become the finest public aquatic and recreation center and sports museum in the world.
Are you still open in Fort Lauderdale?
Back in 2013, the City of Fort Lauderdale informed us that they were going to completely re-develop the Aquatic Complex, demolish all pools and buildings on our peninsula and that we would be provided space within a four story parking garage for our museum. This would have required ISHOF to go into storage for several years and raise $4-5 million dollars to create a new museum. After careful evaluation, our board notified the City that we would not participate in the new project and that we had accepted a proposal to relocate within an aquatic center in Santa Clara, CA. However, until the time came for demolition to begin in Fort Lauderdale, or the new facility was built in Santa Clara, we would continue to operate in Fort Lauderdale. Now it appears that Fort Lauderdale will not go forward with the demolition and instead will refurbish the existing facilities. ISHOF has resumed conversations with City staff to remain in Fort Lauderdale indefinitely. Meanwhile, although the Santa Clara project is moving forward, we are at least two years away from breaking ground on the new facility. So - YES, we are still open in Fort Lauderdale and believe it will be advantageous for both Swimming and ISHOF to have both an East Coast and West Coast location.
Please come visit us, in person, or virtually.
Check out our new virtual museum tour
here.
What's in store for 2017?
Beyond developments in Fort Lauderdale and Santa Clara, we look forward to a very exciting 53rd Honoree Induction Weekend from August 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale. Our 2016 Yearbook will go out to our members in the first half of 2017
and we are planning several new exhibits. We also will have segments filmed at our museum airing on national and international TV channels.
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VISITORS
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Novella Calligaris finds her picture on the cover of Nuoto in the hall of fame library
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ISHOF HONOR SWIMMER
Novella Calligaris
visits the ISHOF
Novella Calligaris was the first Italian to win Olympic Medals in Swimming. Upon retiring as an athlete she began working as a journalist for RAI and still covers major sporting events. Since the 1980's, she also developed a career in
international marketing and integrated communications for major Italian and international companies.
MORE VISITORS
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Michelle Konkoly, 2016 Paralympic 2x gold medalist (50 & 100m freestyle) with her mother
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Relatives of 1924 Olympic Swimmer Clyde Goldwater
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| Anya Mostek, coached by George Breen at 2014 Mid Atlantic Zones |
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The Craft family from Ohio after training with
Gary Hall's race club in Islamorada for a week
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2017 JOE ROGERS AWARD
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Presented to Gary Cox by
YMCA Rogers Award Committee Chair Jim Ryan
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Longtime Schroeder dive coach, Gary Cox received the Joseph G Rogers award at the National YMCA Diving Championships in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on March 31. Gary took on the job of reviving the YMCA diving championships in 2008, when the athlete count was 23. This year the event attracted 168 athletes. For this reason and for so many others is why Gary was recognized.
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
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"THE LARGE CONTACT LENS"
Donated by Bob Bennett (1960 OG bronze 100m backs
troke, 1964 OG bronze 200m backstroke)
Here is how he described his experience:
"Before the early 1960's, swimmers suffered with sore, red eyes caused by hours of practice each day in heavily chlorinated pools. Someone decided there was a better, less painful way to workout.
One of the first ideas to protect the eye was a new innovation, the Large "Contact Lens". These lenses had red rings around the outside so that they could be found on the bottom of the pool if dislodged.
After the Olympic Games I was chosen to test the lenses. They were so big that they were hard to insert under the eyelid and made you look like an alien space monster. Asides from those negative aspects they did help with the chlorine problem. I decided, however, that I would rather put up with the chlorine. Oh, if we only had the goggles of today!"
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MEMORABILIA OF 2017 HONOREE WALTER POENISCH
Fay Poenisch presents the Hall of Fame with the poster and the famous cigar that Fidel Castro left behind after visiting her husband Walter's guide boat that would make him the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida for world peace in 1978. Poenisch will be inducted in the Hall of Fame this August with the class of 2017.
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BIOGRAPHY OF 2016 ISHOF PIONEER SWIMMER, THE GREAT SIMEON BOYCHENKO (UKR/RUS)
Presented to ISHOF by Marilia Budiakova
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BOOKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SWIMMING IN CHINA
Professor Wen Zhonghua and Professor Li Ange present Bruce Wigo with several books about the history of swimming in China (below on left). Wigo also received books and objects from the Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Federations for ISHOF's Henning Library (below on right).
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PASSINGS
World Record Holder At 17, World Champion at 18
FORT LAUDERDALE - The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) sadly reports that Andy
Coan has passed away after a long illness in a Hospice facility in Boca Raton. He was 60 years old. In 1975, at 17 years of age, while representing Pine Crest High School and swimming for ISHOF Honor Coach Jack Nelson, he broke Jim Montgomery's 12-day old world-record in the 100 meter freestyle. More:
A memorial and celebration of life will be held on April 29, 2017 at ISHOF at 2pm.
Bring memories!
EVELYN TOKOKUE KAWAMOTO-KONO
Fort Lauderdale
- January 29, 2016 - Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto-Kono, a two-
time Olympic bronze Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, passed away in Hawaii on January 22, at the age of 83. Born on September 17, 1933, Evelyn had been one of the few remaining figures from the remarkable 2nd wave of Hawaiian swimming greats immortalized in Julie Checkoway
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s remarkable book,
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The Three Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory.
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AUSTRIAN DIVING LEGEND NIKI STAJKOVIC DIES IN TRAINING SESSION
Niki Stajkovic, a member of the FINA High Diving Committee, has passed away, just shy of his 58th birthday.
In its condolence letter to his wife Nicole, FINA wrote: "We will remember him as a person who cared in the first place about the safety of the athletes and did all to present them with perfect and safe conditions, so that they could perform at their best in the sport that he loved".
Stajkovic was a 5-time Olympian for his native Austria from 1972-1992 (skipping the 1984 games), with his highest finish being 8th at the 1980 Olympics. That included a debut in Munich in 1972 at just 13 years old. He won 2 European Championship medals in his career off the 3 meter: silver in 1987 and bronze in 1981.
Administratively, besides his FINA duties, Stajkovic was sporting director for the Red Bull Cliff Diving Series. More:
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PAC Burns down.... a look back
Once the home of the Philadelphia Aquatic Club (PAC) the Philadelphia Aquatic Center burnt down on March 6, 2017. Built by entrepreneur and swimming coach, Tom Williams, (Michigan '41) it was one of the leading
clubs in Pennsylvania for many years. Recently it has been operating as a fit
ness center. This video includes a clip from Forbes and Ursula Carlisle's 1965 film, "Swimming the American Way."
You might remember Tom Williams.... a charter member of the ISHOF......
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame fosters education and promotes a better understanding of the benefits of swimming as a key to fitness, good health, quality of life, and water safety by providing public access to our unique, one-of-a-kind museum, historical archives, displays, aquatic art and memorabilia collections.
Your kind support with a membership, and/or donation, will help the museum continue its mission for generations to come.
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International Swimming Hall of Fame | 954.462.6536 | www.ishof.org
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