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2014 Gold Medallian Award Winner, Bob Dudley, Delivers A Speech To ISHOF

Bob Dudley, the CEO of British Patroleum, received the Gold Medallian Award this year from the International Swimming Hall of…

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ISHOF Celebrates 100 Years of Water Safety – Video Feature

Swimming video feature is courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF).

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USA Swimming Foundation’s ‘Make a Splash’ to Host Event during ISHOF Weekend, Headlined by Lezak & Evans

Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans, Jason Lezak & Olympian Alia Atkinson will give free swim lessons during the water safety session.

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ISHOF 2014 Rough Water Swim, Feature Video

This video is courtesy of Bruce Wigo, President and CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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Otelo Burning Trailer: Water Can Give you a Bright Future

Somewhere between City of God and Blue Crush Otelo Burning is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.

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Michael Phelps Statue Put On Display at International Swimming Hall of Fame For First Time

A statue of Michael Phelps now rests in the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s art collection, though the man himself is still not yet inducted.

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Fifty Years Ago: ISHOF Remembers JFK

Kennedy had been a swimmer at Harvard when Kiphuth was coaching Yale. Swimming helped JFK survive WWII and become the war hero that helped launch his political career. He also swam in the White House pool almost every day to relieve his chronic bad back.

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ISHOF Announces Class Of 2014 Australia’s Grant Hackett Leads Group of 12

The International Swimming Hall of Fame today announced results of the International Selection Committee’s vote for the Class of 2014. Led by Australian swimmer Grant Hackett, this year’s class of 12, represents eight different nations.

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Connecting Swimming To: 12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup, The Underground Railroad And The Lack Of Diversity In Aquatics

Bruce Wigo, ISHOF CEO, connects swimming to Solomon Northup’s biography, Twelve Years A Slave. (Featured image: Chiwetel Ejiofor, star of the Summit Entertainment film, depicts the struggles of Solomon Northup.)

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Bruce Wigo Explains Why ISHOF Is Leaving Fort Lauderdale – Video Feature

ISHOF announced that upon the expiration of its current fifty-year agreement with the City of Fort Lauderdale, in February of 2015, it will not renew and will look for a new home in another city. Video report is courtesy of CBS Miami.

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International Swimming Hall of Fame To Leave Fort Lauderdale

The International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc., (ISHOF) announced today that upon the expiration of its current fifty-year agreement with the City of Fort Lauderdale, in February of 2015, it will not renew and will look for a new home in another city.

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Connecting Swimming To The Hardly Strictly Bluegrasss Festival

Featured Image: Bruce Wigo (International Swimming Hall of Fame CEO) at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco with wife Janet and twin sons Janson (left) and Drac (right), who were both 4-time All American water polo players at Stanford.

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$32 Million International Swimming Hall of Fame Redevelopment Awarded

The redevelopment of the International Swimming Hall of Fame complex has a winning bidder, but not everyone is thrilled about that. (Photo Courtesy: City of Ft. Lauderdale)

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Halls of Fame Roundup: Lundquist, and a Move to California

The International Swimming Hall of Fame got another big push westward this week. (Photo Courtesy: ISHOF)

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