Vernon Knight
From Openwaterpedia
Vernon Knight is an American open water swimmer from Hawaii, U.S.A. who has successfully crossed the Maui Channel, Pailolo Channel and several races on Oahu. As an 80-year-old member of the Waikiki Swim Club, Knight completed the the 33rd Possibly Annual Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim, a 7 km ocean swim on Oahu.
Honors
- he won the 2014 Old Man in the Sea Award.
- he won the 2016 Spirit of the Humu Award from the Waikiki Swim Club.
External links
- Vernon Gets Knighted In Hawaii
- Cherelle Osteringer Wins Hawaiian Looong Distance Swim
- Waikiki Swim Club history
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim website
- Growth of the Waikiki Swim Club
- History of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- Maui Channel Swim
- The Vision And Early History Of The Maui Channel Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Olympic Champions Give Back To Swimming Community
- Marine Law In The Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- WRS Swimmers Come From All Over The Pacific
