Bob Placak

Heidi George of the Tahoe Eleven Milers racing the diving Bob Placak of the RCP Tiburon Milers at the 2006 Trans Tahoe Relay in Lake Tahoe

Mateusz Sawrymowicz (left), Bob Placak (middle), and Ashley Twichell at end of 2013 RCP Tiburon Mile

2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medalist Ferry Weertman and FINA 5 km world champion Ashley Twichell won the 2018 RCP Tiburon Mile, directed by Bob Placak

Bob Placak is an American pool and open water swimmer from California.

Swimming Highlights

• He is the founder and race director of the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.
• He was a world-class pool swimmer who represented U.C.L.A. at the NCAA Championships and the United States at the Pan American Games in the butterfly and relay events and in other international competitions.
• He holds the record for the fastest Alcatraz Invitational Swim in San Francisco Bay in history, set in 1989 in 1 hour 5 minutes 15 seconds.

Shark Encounter

Placak also experienced a scary Galapagos shark (known to be interested in swim fins) encounter in the Galapagos Islands in 2012.

RCP Tiburon Mile

Placak is the race director for the RCP Tiburon Mile. Athletes in the RCP Tiburon Mile have been nominated and won the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year including Andrew Smilley and Mateusz Sawrymowicz.

External links

• The History of George Tidmarsh in the Trans Tahoe Relays
• International Day of Older Persons and the Aging Demographics of Open Water Swimmers
• Are You Tough? Really Really Tough? Check Out History's Tough Swimming Workouts
• RCP Tiburon Mile Postponed Until 2022
• Big Scare Swimming Alone In A New Place
• Eric Nilsson Breaks 1990 Record Of Bob Placak
• RCP Tiburon Mile website
• Robert C. Placak & Associates website
• Underneath The Surface Of Lake Tahoe
• World's Top 100 Open Water Swims/
• RCP Tiburon Mile
• Open Water Swimming/
• Men Of RCP Tiburon Mile Too Tough To Call
• Affray In The Bay - Mann vs Twichell vs Gorman vs Jennings vs Brunemann
• Radford, Gorman From Down Under Come Up On Top
• Underneath The Surface Of Lake Tahoe
• Calm, Cool And Collected In The Gorgeous Galápagos
• Fight-or-Flight Response When Sharks Are Spotted In The Ocean
• Mateusz Sawrymowicz Guesses Correctly, Beats Ous Mellouli
• Swimming Further, Swimming Faster, Mateusz Wins
• Mateusz Sawrymowicz Looking Up
• Third Time Is A Charm For Ashley Twichell
• Jackie Placak, Mother Knows Best
• Bob Placak In The Lead At The RCP Tiburon Mile
• Mateusz Sawrymowicz Unseen And Unlikely Upset In Tiburon
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
• Pier Fishing And Concerns Of An Open Water Swimmer
• A Quarter Century Later, Bob Placak vs. Trent Grimsey
• Getting Open Water Swimming Into The World Summer Games
• We Just Wanted To Cry
• The Progression Of A World Champion
• Bob's Birthday Boy In Berryessa
• RCP Tiburon Mile Was Savage For James
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Comcast Airs RCP Tiburon Mile
• Reviving RCP Tiburon Mile, Swimming After A Sabbatical
• RCP Tiburon Mile: Where Fast Meets Fast
• What A Great Showing, 2018 RCP Tiburon Mile On Comcast
• Kester Edwards, Open Water Swimming Visionary
• 25 Years Later, 15 Seconds Short
• Alex Kostich Wins Swim Around The Rock