Read more0Passages: Water Polo Legend István Szívós Passes Away at 7111 November 2019István Szívós, Jr, Water Polo Legend, Has Died April 24, 1948 - November 10, 2019 István Szívós, Jr. - whose father was a two-time Olympic champion (in 1952 and 1956) and whose son, Marton, was a world champion and 2012 Olympian - has died in Budapest. Szívós took part in four Olympic Games and won ...
Read more0Zhaoqing Sports Center Hosts High Diving Water Show13 May 2019On the evening of May 11th, a special water show was held in Yingxiong Sports Swimming and Diving Hall of Zhaoqing Sports Center. The event attracted over a thousand citizens and water sports enthusiasts. The performances lit up the Zhaoqing City night sky with enthusiasm, and cheers in anticipation...
Read more3Passages: 1956 Olympic Coach Stan Tinkham Passes at 8712 April 2019Stan Tinkham, the 1956 USA Women’s Olympic Team swim coach has passed away in suburban Maryland at the age of 87 on April 9, 2019. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years. Stan Tinkham was Born on Nov 24, 1931 in Yankton, SD. When he was seven years old his family relocated ...
Read more20Passages: 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Thompson Mann, 7605 April 2019Thompson Mann passed away on April 4, 2019 after suffering from failing health for several years. He was 76 years old. Dr. Harold Thompson Mann was born on Dec. 1, 1942, in Norfolk, Virginia. He moved with his family to Richmond at the age of 4, started swimming and subsequently swam for the Countr...
Read more32Passages: ISHOF Historian - Robert "Bob" Duenkel, 74 - Donation Update27 February 2019The International Swimming Hall of Fame is saddened to announce that Bob Duenkel (Robert “Bob” Duenkel), a long time employee of the organization, has passed away this morning after a long illness. He was 74 years old. Bob Duenkel had a love of swimming for most of life. He began swimming for the YM...
Read more3John Legend Takes Benjamin Franklin’s Advice and is Learning to Swim at the Age of 4008 February 2019Black History Month Commentary by Bruce Wigo Black History Month is a time for us in the aquatic community to reflect on why more African Americans and people of color don’t swim. Especially because for at least 400 years (the period from from 1451 - 1860), People of African descent, Native America...
Read more0The Importance of “A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim”05 February 2019Commentary by Bruce Wigo Black History Month is a time for us in the aquatic community to reflect on why more African Americans and people of color don’t swim. Especially because for 400 years (the period from from 1451 - 1860), Africans, Native Americans and the indigenous populations of Oceana “e...
Read more5Olympic Great Shane Gould Wins Australian Survivor16 October 2018Shane Gould is arguably the greatest female Olympic swimmer in the history of our sport. Now at the age of 61, she holds a check for $500,000 as the winner of the Australian edition of Survivor. As the oldest competitor on the show, Shane attributed her win not just to her experience as an elite ath...
Read more4Passages: Olympian Bruce Hunter Remembered for Sportsmanship06 July 2018By Bruce Wigo. Richard Bruce Hunter, 1960 Olympian and All-American swimmer from Harvard died on July 6, on his 79th birthday. He is remembered not only being one of the best American sprinters of his era, but for one of the great demonstrations of sportsmanship in competitive swimming history. Six ...
Read more0PanAm Sports / UANA Swim Camp Tours ISHOF15 June 2018On Sunday, June 10th, the first PanAm Sports / UANA Swim Camp visited the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) for a tour. The visit, hosted by Azura Florida Aquatics and coach Gianluca Alberani, brought swimmers and coaches from 20 different Caribbean, South and Central American nations to s...
Read more1Olympic Diving Champion Bob Clotworthy Passes Away at 8711 June 2018Passage by Bruce Wigo, ISHOF. Olympic diving champion Robert (Bob) Lynn Clotworthy passed away peacefully at his home, in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 1st. He was 87 years old. Born in Westfield, New Jersey, Bob attended the Ohio State University where he won 11 Big Ten, NCAA, and National AAU Champ...
Read more2Remembering Joel Lenzi O'Connell07 June 2018Girl with a Boy’s Name was Ten time AAU Diving Champion Fort Lauderdale – Joel Lenzi O’Connell was a 10 x National AAU diving champion, and an honoree of the Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Hall of Fame. She passed away in Tempe, Arizona on May 10th at the age of 75. Joel, whose given name was Joeldi...
Read more0"Smoke On The Water" Exhibit To Open At International Swimming Hall of Fame Museum01 May 2018The grand opening of a new International Swimming Hall of Fame exhibit called “Smoke on the Water” will be unveiled on Thursday, May 17th to start the 54th Annual International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) Induction Weekend. This exhibit portrays how the tobacco industry recruited Olympic swimmers...
Read more2The International Swimming Hall of Fame Announces 2018 Paragon Award Recipients29 April 2018Sponsored by Pentair Aquatic Systems, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced today the recipients of the 23rd Annual Paragon Awards. The Paragon Awards are presented annually to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to aquatics in six categories. This year’s ...
Read more2Passages: Ed Kirk, First African-American All-America Swimmer Dies at 8726 April 2018Edward Roscoe Kirk passed away at his home in Braden, Florida, on Saturday, April 21. He was 87 years old. Ed was was the first person of African descent to be named a National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All-America swimmer. As a member of the famed Du Sable High School swim team, ...
Read more12Amanda Beard To Be Inducted Into The International Swimming Hall of Fame09 April 2018 Amanda Beard, a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze) will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2018 during the Honoree Induction ceremonies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 19, 2018. Growing up in Southern California, Am...
Read more0Rebecca Adlington To Be Inducted Into International Swimming Hall of Fame06 April 2018Rebecca Adlington, Britain's most decorated female Olympic swimmer, will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame with the Class of 2018 in ceremonies in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 19, 2018. Rebecca "Becky" Adlington was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in Central England. It is n...
Read more2Libby Lenton Trickett To Be Inducted Into The International Swimming Hall of Fame03 April 2018Lisbeth “Libby” Lenton Trickett, a 4-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2018 in ceremonies in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 19, 2018. Lisbeth “Libby” Lenton, the youngest of four children, was born on Janua...
Read more1Joy Cushman - Pioneer Synchronized Swimmer To Be Inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame28 March 2018 Joy Cushman, an administrator, coach and promoter of the sport of Synchronized Swimming (aka Artistic Swimming) will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a Pioneer Synchronized Swimmer and member of the Class of 2018 in ceremonies in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 19, 2018. Jo...
Read more1Andy Burke To Be Inducted Into International Swimming Hall of Fame as Lifelong Contributor26 March 2018Andy Burke, will be inducted as a Water Polo Contributor into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2018 in ceremonies in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 19, 2018. He was previously inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010 for his contributio...