Assistant
From Openwaterpedia
noun - An assistant is an individual who psychologically, emotionally, logistically, and/or physiologically help, train, aid, educate, motivate, organize, strategize, and/or support open water swimmers, triathlete, or other endurance athletes in their training sessions and/or competitions either in the pool, open bodies of water, or in land-based activities. An open water swimming trainer can also feed, navigate, paddle, kayak, treat (i.e., provide first aid), and/or escort an open water swimmer in their open water swimming training sessions, open water swimming competitions, solo swim, or relays.
The trainer was responsible for navigation and feeding on the marathon swim.
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- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- I Got Stung
- Pool Open Water
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- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
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- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
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- Courage Comes In All Distances And Ways In The Water
- Film To Premiere At The Global Open Water Swimming Conference
- America's Top 50 Open Water Swims
- Open Water Swimming Race Calendar
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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