International Marathon Swimming Association

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7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith in the IMSA professional marathon swimming race, Atlantic City Around the Island Swim with handler Nancy Schnarr on rowboat in New Jersey, USA
Attila Molnar (on the right), an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and two-time International Marathon Swimming Association series champion
1991 International Marathon Swimming Association season rankings compiled and reproduced by permission of the International Marathon Swimming Federation

noun - International Marathon Swimming Association (IMSA, previously called the IMSF or International Marathon Swimming Federation) was established in 1991 and is a now-defunct professional marathon swimming association that was created to promote and support a global professional marathon swimming circuit.

Establishment

On 19 July 1991, the International Marathon Swimming Federation was established by incorporating the International Long Distance Swimming Federation (ILDSF) and the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation (WPMSF). Members included Lello Barbuto (former President of the ILDSF and President representing the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli) was elected as President of the IMSF with Jean-Guy Gringras (President of the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog) and Nelson Cadena (President of the Bahia Marathon in Brazil) being elected as Vice Presidents. Dick van der Laan (former Secretary of the WPMSF) was elected as Treasurer and Roger Parsons (Honorary Secretary of the FINA Long Distance Swimming Commission) was elected to the post of General Secretary of the IMSF.

In addition to the promoters and race directors, Diego Degano of Argentina (athlete's representative), Shelley Taylor-Smith of Australia (athlete's representative), Marcelo Micocci of Argentina (representing the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda), Jim Whelan of the USA (representing the Atlantic City Around the Island Swim), and Tom Hoad of Australia (who served as Chairman of the FINA 6th World Swimming Championships in Perth in 1991) attended the meeting in Magog, Québec, Canada.

Later FINA requested a name change to the International Marathon Swimming Association (as the word "Federation" caused a clash inside FINA).

History

The IMSA was preceded by the International Long Distance Swimming Federation (ILDSF founded in Paris, France in 1953) and the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation (WPMSF), and was succeeded the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix pro circuit on 19 July 1991 at a general meeting in Magog, Quebec, Canada.

1991 International Marathon Swimming Federation Season-ending Rankings

The 1991 International Marathon Swimming Federation season included races at the 1991 FINA World Championships 25 km in Swan River in Western Australia, the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in Río Coronda, Argentina, the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy, the 42 km Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Québec, Canada, the 40 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Québec, Canada, the 36 km Atlantic City Around the Island Swim in New Jersey, USA, the 25 km Pan Pacific Championships in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada, the 25 km European Championships in Terracina, Italy, and the 30 km Sydney Harbour International Invitational Marathon in Australia.

1. Shelley Taylor-Smith, Australia 806 points
2. Diego Degano, Argentina 725 points
3. David O'Brien, Australia 616 points
4. Sergio Chiarandini, Italy 529
5. Chad Hundeby, USA 496 points
6. David Alleva, USA 437 points
7. Christof Wandratsch, Germany 428 points
8. Fernando Fleitas, Argentina 376 points
9. Jay Wilkerson, USA 374 points
10. J Francois Roussy, Canada 331 points
11. Claudio Plit, Argentina 296 points
12. Greg Streppel, Canada 295 points
13. Paul Asmuth, USA 271 points
14. James Kegley, USA 245 points
15. Steve Baird, Canada 196 points
16. Karen Burton, USA 187 points
17. Attila Molnar, Hungary 153 points
18. Gustavo Oriozabala, Argentina, 144 points
19. Annie Grandisson, Canada 143 points
20. Diego Fleitas, Argentina 118 points
21. Andreas Balve, Germany 118 points
22. Urs Kohlhaas, Switzerland 105 points
23. Amy Dunleavy, USA 103 points
24. Dusan Toth Szabo, Hungary 103 points
25. Rita Kovács, Hungary 102 points
26. Nace Majcen, Yugoslavia 70 points
27. Eliana Fieschi, Switzerland 60 points
28. Irene van der Laan, Holland 60 point
29. Dario Taraboi, Italy 58 points
30. Marian Cassidy, USA 55 points
31. Gisele Roy, Canada 54 points
32. Fernando Terrilli, Argentina 53 points
33. Charlie Fry, USA 47 points
34. Silvia Dalotto, Argentina 45 points
35. Roberto Facchinetti, Switzerland 43 points
36. Tibor Kiss, Hungary 40 points
37. Peter Galvin, Australia 38 points
38. Martha Jahn, USA 35 points
39. Samantha Cavadini, Switzerland 35 points
40. Hans van Goor, Holland 33 points
41. Richard Kamas, Czechoslovakia 27 points
42. Tammy van Wisse, Australia 25 points
43. Dragan Kvrgic, Yugoslavia 21 points
44. Igor de Souza, Brazil 15 points
45. Lenka Pacáková, Czechoslovakia 15 points

Synonym

IMSF, International Marathon Swimming Federation

External links

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