The Majors - Winners
Only IMSHOF Honorees are listed.
Greta Andersen (13 Majors): 1961 Canadian National Exhibition;1958 and 1962 Lac St, Jean; 1957 and 1958 English Channel Race; 1956, 1967, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1963 Around Atlantic City; and 1959 Capri to Naples [beat all men in the 1958 Lac St Jean and English Channel Race]
Abdellatief Abou Heif (7 Majors): 1963 Canadian National Exhibition; 1955 English Channel Race; 1963 and 1964 (tied) Capri to Naples; and 1964, 1965 and 1968 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Aleksey Akatyev (1 Major): 1998 25 km FINA World Championship
David Alleva, PhD (1 Major): 1990 Capri to Naples
Paul Asmuth (10 Majors): 1982, 1987 and 1988 Capri to Naples; and 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Marilyn Bell (1 Major): 1954 Around Atlantic City
Tina Bischoff (1 Major): 1980 Capri to Naples
Damián Blaum (1 Major): 2013 FINA Grand Prix Series
Peggy Büchse (3 Majors): 1998 and 1999 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series; and 2001 10 km FINA World Championship
Karen Burton (3 Majors): 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 Marathon Swimming World Series Championship and 1992 FINA Long Distance Swimming World Cup
Alfredo Camarero (4 Majors): 1959 English Channel Race; 1955 and 1956 Capri to Naples and 1957 Around Atlantic City
Anne Chagnaud (1 Major): 1997 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series
Christine Cossette (2 Majors): 1980 and 1981 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Ana Marcela Cunha (8 Majors): 2010, 2012 and 2014 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup; 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019 25 km FINA World Championship; and 2018 FINA Marathon Swim World Series Cup
Melissa Cunningham (2 Majors): 1996 FINA Long Distance Swimming World Cup; and 1994 25 km FINA World Championship
Silvia Beatríz Dalotto (1 Major): 1990 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Brojen Das (1 Major): 1958 English Channel Race
Penny Lee Dean (1 Major): 1979 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Diego Degano (5 Majors): 1989 Capri to Naples; 1989 and 1990 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation; 1991 International Marathon Swimming Federation World Ranking and 1992/1993 Marathon Swimming World Series Championship
Edith van Dijk (9 Majors): 2000, 2001 and 2005 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series; 2000 10 km and 2000 and 2002 25 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship; and 2005 10 km and 2003 and 2005 25 km FINA World Championship
Captain Nabil Elshazly (4 Majors): 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964 Amateur Capri to Naples [1st overall in 1962 beating all professionals]
Nasser Elshazly (2 Majors): 1977 Amateur and 1983 Capri to Naples [1st overall in 1977 beating all professionals]
Pilar Geijo (5 Majors): 2010, 2011, 2014 (tied) and 2015 FINA Grand Prix Series; and 2019 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series
Spiros Gianniotis (3 Majors): 2012 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup and 2011 and 2013 10 km FINA World Championship
Elaine Gray (1 Major): 1966 BLDSA Windermere International Championship
Martina Grimaldi (2 Majors): 2010 10 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship and 2013 25 km FINA World Championship
Trent Grimsey (1 Major): 2012 FINA Grand Prix Series
Chad Hundeby (3 Majors): 1994 FINA Long Distance Swimming World Cup; 1993/1994 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series and 1991 25 km FINA World Championship
Horacio Iglesias (5 Majors): 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1973 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko: (4 Majors): 2006 and 2008 10 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship; 2007 10 km FINA World Championship and 2008 Olympics
Helge Jensen (2 Majors): 1958 and 1959 Lac St. Jean
Britta Kamrau (6 Majors): 2003 and 2006 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series; 2002 and 2004 10 km and 2004 25 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship; and 2007 25 km FINA World Championship
James Kegley (1 Major): 1987 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Jerry Kerschner (1 Major): 1951 Canadian National Exhibition
John Kinsella (7 Majors): 1979 English Channel Race; 1978 Capri to Naples; and 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Yuri Kudinov (5 Majors): 2000 and 2002 25 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship; and 2001, 2003 and 2007 25 km FINA World Championship
Irene van der Laan (5 Majors): 1983 and 1987 Capri to Naples; 1989 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation; and 1982 BLDSA Windermere International Championship
Regent LaCoursiere (1 Major): 1960 Lac St. Jean
Annemie Landmeters (1 Major): 1988 Capri to Naples
Stéphane Lecat (3 Majors): 1997, 1999 and 2000 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series
Cliff Lumsdon, CM (7 Majors): 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953 and 1955 Canadian National Exhibition; and 1956 and 1959 Around Atlantic City
Thomas Lurz (7 Majors): 2009, 2011 and 2013 FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup; 2004 10 km, 2006 10 km, 2009 10 km and 2013 25 km FINA World Championship. Additionally, Olympic medals 2008 Bronze and 2012 Silver plus other FINA World Championships at 5 km and Team.
Alawi Mohammed Makki Al-Ibrahim (1 Major): 1978 English Channel Race
Angela Maurer (7 Majors): 2002 and 2004 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series; 2007, 2008 and 2011 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup; 2006 25 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship; and 2009 25 km FINA World Championship
Attila Molnar (1 Major): 1994/1995 Marathon Swimming World Series Championship
Magda Molnar (1 Major): 1958 Capri to Naples
Steven Muñatones (1 Major): 1982 BLDSA Windermere International Championship
Marvin "Duke" Nelson (3 Majors): 1930, 1933 and 1934 Canadian National Exhibition
Marc Newman (3 Majors): 1986 (two) and 1988 FINA Long Distance Swimming World Cup
Cynthia Nicholas, CM (2 Majors): 1979 English Channel Race; and 1976 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Judith de Nijs (11 Majors): 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1970 Capri to Naples; 1964 Lac St. Jean and 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1970 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Martha Norelius (1 Major): 1929 Canadian National Exhibition
Esther Nuñez Morera (2 Majors): 2007 and 2012 FINA Grand Prix Series
Diana Nyad (2 Majors): 1974 Capri to Naples and 1974 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Poliana Okimoto (2 Majors): 2009 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup and 2013 10km FINA World Championship
Tom Park (4 Majors): 1956 English Channel Race; and 1954, 1955 and 1968 Around Atlantic City
Baptista Pereira (1 Major): 1954 English Channel Race
Claudio Plit (5 Majors): 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1986 Capri to Naples and 1975 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Francis "Frank" Pritchard (1 Major): 1937 Canadian National Exhibition
Shadia El Rageb (4 Majors): 1971 and 1972 Capri to Naples and 1971 and 1972 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Michael P. Read, MBE (1 Major): 1970 BLDSA Windermere International Championship
Hassan Abdel Rheim (1 Major): 1950 English Channel Race
Éva Risztov: (1 Major): 2012 Olympics
Veljko Rogošić (4 Majors): 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974 Capri to Naples
Johannes “Johan” Schans (1 Major): 1970 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Marty Sinn (4 Majors): 1962 and 1963 Canadian National Exhibition; 1964 Around Atlantic City; and 1963 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Tomi Stefanovski (1 Major): 2016 (tied) FINA Grand Prix Series
Petar Stoychev (12 Majors): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup; 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 FINA Grand Prix Series; and 2011 25 km FINA World Championship
Greg Streppel (2 Majors): 1992 FINA Long Distance Swimming World Cup; and 1994 25 km FINA World Championship
Shelley Taylor-Smith (7 Majors): 1990 Capri to Naples; 1991 International Marathon Swimming Federation World Ranking; 1992/1993 Marathon Swimming World Series Championship; 1988 and 1994 FINA Long Distance Swimming World Cup; 1993/1994 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series; and 1991 25 km FINA World Championship [highest number of International Marathon Swimming Federation World Ranking Points of all swimmers]
Patty Thompson (1 Major): 1969 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Giulio Travaglio (6 Majors): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1970 Capri to Naples and 1966 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Viola Valli (2 Majors): 2003 10 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship and 2001 25 km FINA World Championship
Ernst Vierkoetter (1 Major): 1927 Canadian National Exhibition
Maarten van der Weijden (2 Majors): 2008 25 km FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship; and 2008 Olympics
Monique Wildschut (8 Majors): 1986 and 1989 Capri to Naples and 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Herman Willemse (11 Majors): 1961 and 1962 Canadian National Exhibition; 1961, 1962 and 1963 Lac St Jean; 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964 Around Atlantic City; and 1963 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
Steve Wozniak (1 Major): 1948 Canadian National Exhibition
George Young (2 Majors): 1927 Wrigley Ocean Marathon Race and 1931 Canadian National Exhibition