Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden
The aquatic community lost many talented and wonderful people in 2017. Here is a swimming community memoriam with links and photos to obituaries posted this year.
January
Photo Courtesy: International Swimming Hall of Fame
1952 Olympic bronze medalist Evelyn Toque Kawamoto-Kono
February
Photo Courtesy: Drury Athletics
Drury swimmer Wen “Ariel” Xu
Hall of Fame coach Bob Gillett
March
USA Swimming Sports consultant Bill Krumm
Photo Courtesy: Swimming World Magazine
Hall of Fame coach Buddy Baarcke Jr.
April
Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming
USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus
May
Dynamo Swim Club CEO Jason Turcotte
Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
1936 Olympic gold medalist Adolph Kiefer
June
Former Georgia coach Alan Gentry
Former British Olympian Clive Rushton
Photo Courtesy: Twitter – @OhioState_MSwim
Former Ohio State coach Bob Bartel
Former FAU coach Steve Eckelkamp
Photo Courtesy: Anne Cleveland
Open Water swimmer Anne Cleveland
July
Former Nebraska head coach Cal Bentz
West Chester assistant coach Scott Elliot
August
Harvard women’s coach Stephanie Beilman
ISHOF’s Marjorie “Marge” Counsilman
September
Don Watkinds
Japanese Olympian Kenji Watanabe
Grove City coach Jim Longnecker
St. Xavier head coach Maureen “Mo” Rankin
October
Photo Courtesy: Bill Bell
Swimming World contributor Bill Bell
Total Immersion founder Terry Laughlin
November
Photo Courtesy: Swimming World
SMU’s George McMillion
1952 Olympian Katherine Szoke Domyan
Photo Courtesy: Worline Studio
2015 ISHOF Honor coach Don Watson
December
March 20, 2017 World Record Andy Coan
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Ingrid Daland, Peter Daland’s wife died last week.