Bruce Wigo
Bruce Wigo is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Swimming Hall of Fame since 2005. He is currently the ISHOF Historian and Curator.
In 1991, he took over as the Executive Director of USA Water Polo and helped bail out the nearly bankrupt sport's federation. His work laid the groundwork for the re-emergence of American water polo on the international scene. In his thirteen years as the Executive Director, Wigo increased membership from fewer than 8,000 members to more than 30,000 members. He also more than tripled the annual budget to over US$3.5 million and raised over US$1.5 million for the establishment of a water polo national training center in Los Alamitos, California.
Publication
In 2009, Wigo self-published the book The Golden Age of Swimming: A Picture History of the Sport & Pools That Changed America. The book chronicles the pastime's beginnings in ancient Rome, through the Victorian and into the 20th century. Its artwork comes from a collection of photographs, postcards, news clippings and other history sources, painstakingly assembled by Wigo. The Golden Age of Swimming also deals with the sport's darker past, such as racial discrimination when large public pools first became popular.
Family
His oldest son, Wolf, is a three-time Olympic water polo player and currently the head water polo coach at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Daughter Lauren is the corporate yoga instructor for Allen & Company in New York City and his two younger sons, identical twins Drac and Janson, are NCAA All-American water polo players at Stanford University.
Creator
Wigo has also created the Swim Safety Device, a personal safety flotation device used by the open water swimming and triathlon markets. He also wrote and published the book, The Golden Age of Swimming, a pictorial history of the sport and pools that changed America.
Water Polo
Wigo was the former CEO of USA Water Polo and was inducted in the 36th Class of the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
Lynne Cox Story
External links
- The Legend of Charles Zibelman
- Bruce Wigo, Renaissance Aquatics Man, Inducted In USA Water Polo Hall Of Fame
- Brent Rutemiller Speaks About The Future On WOWSA Live
- Walter Poenisch Honored By International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
- USA Water Polo
- ISHOF Rough Water Leads To Smiles
- ISHOF Honor Bestowed On Sandra Bucha
- ISHOF Honor Bestowed On Jon Erikson
- What A Cool Idea: Individualized SafeSwimmer™ Floats
- Bob Burnside, Ocean Safety Extraordinaire, Recognized
- Aztec Swimmers From 2000 Years Ago
- Club Tortuga, Saving Lives In Mexico
- Dale Petranech, A Lifetime Of Achievement
- Dr. Peter Wernicki Honored By The Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Greta Andersen To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
- Honor Swimmers Delay Their Flights To California
- Bruce Wigo On The Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Vojislav Mijić Welcomes Bruce Wigo To Serbia
- 2016 International Swimming Hall Of Fame Enshrinement
- Georges-Urbain Vallerey, Jr., Heroic Lifesaver & Champion
- Fay And Walter Poenisch Enter Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Thank You Very Much, Bruce. Great Job
- Had A Near-Death Experience? Almost Drowned?
- Near-Death Experiences While Drowning
- I Died, But Came Back: Near-Death Experiences
- Near-Death Experiences While Drowning: Dying Is Not the End of Consciousness!
- Conference on Near-Death Experiences while Drowning
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Chris Guesdon Wins Poseidon Award
- Mega Merger In Swimming, Revving Up With Rutemiller
- When Turtle Made A Mark In The Open Water
- Lady P Passes After A Life Of Giving
- Swimming Heroically Through The Night
- The Merger That Shook Up And Revitalized The Sport
- Welcome, Welcome, Welcome To Russia
