{"id":307884,"date":"2018-05-03T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=307884"},"modified":"2018-05-03T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:46:07","slug":"tiffany-cohen-1984-olympic-gold-medalist-to-be-ishof-master-of-induction-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tiffany-cohen-1984-olympic-gold-medalist-to-be-ishof-master-of-induction-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiffany Cohen – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist – To Be ISHOF Master of Induction Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISHOF is proud to announce that this year’s Master of Ceremonies for the 2018 Induction Class<\/a> of Honorees is Tiffany\u00a0Cohen Lalonde<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tiffany Cohen was a competitor, a racer and a winner. She was the greatest distance swimmer of her generation. Swimming for the Mission Viejo Nadadores, under coach Mark Schubert<\/strong>,\u00a0Tiffany won 14 US National Championships from 400 meters to 1500 meters freestyle before winning double gold in the 400 and 800 meter freestyle at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. She\u00a0was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1996.<\/p>\n

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16 year-old Tiffany Cohen and Jeff Kostoff Photo Courtesy: July 1992 Swimming World Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n

Tiffany lives in South Florida with her husband Mark Lalonde<\/strong> and over the years she has remained active with\u00a0programs to promote swimming and the\u00a0welfare\u00a0of swimmers through the International Swimming Hall of Fame and with USA Swimming<\/p>\n

In 2016, Tiffany was diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive ductal cel carcinoma.\u00a0 She says that the traits she developed to become an elite athlete helped her face the challenge of cancer and that surviving breast cancer is like winning another Olympic Gold medal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On Sunday May 20 from 8 AM to 9:30 AM, Swim Across America and ISHOF are sponsoring a fundraising event to raise money to fight cancer<\/span>. The event will take place at the International Swimming Hall of Fame pool, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316-just South of Las Olas off of Seabreeze Blvd. Join the\u00a0ISHOF Relay!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>For more information on the event, please\u00a0see this link<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About The International Swimming Hall of Fame\u00a0Induction Weekend<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: ISHOF<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The\u00a0International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) Induction Ceremony is shaping up to be a star-studded weekend with multiple events spread out over three days in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida.\u00a0 Make your plans now to attend the weekend of May 18-20, 2018!\u00a0ISHOF Members can purchase the Weekend Package and save!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s International Swimming Hall of Fame honorees include Swimmers:\u00a0Rebecca Adlington<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(GBR),\u00a0Amanda Beard<\/strong>\u00a0(USA),\u00a0and\u00a0Libby Trickett<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(AUS); Water Polo Player:\u00a0Brenda Villa<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(USA); Contributor:\u00a0Andy Burke<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(USA);\u00a0Diver:\u00a0Irina Lashko<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(USSR, RUS, AUS) ; Coach:\u00a0Bill Sweetenham<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(AUS);\u00a0<\/strong>Synchronized Swimmer:\u00a0Miho Takeda\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>(JPN);\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Open Water Swimmer:\u00a0Petar Stoychev<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(BUL);\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Pioneer Synchronized Swimming Contributor:\u00a0Joy Cushman<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(USA).\u00a0Ian Crocker<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(USA) was a\u00a0part of the Class of 2017, but was unable to attend the induction due to Hurricane Harvey.\u00a0 We will be officially celebrating his induction as part of the class of 2018.<\/p>\n

The Paragon Awards and ISHOF Awards will be presented of Friday of the same weekend<\/h2>\n

2018\u00a0Paragon Award and ISHOF Specialty Award Recipients:<\/p>\n