Olympic Champions Amongst 2024 ISHOF Inductees — Watch Full Induction Ceremony
The Worldwide Swimming Corridor of Fame (ISHOF) held its annual induction ceremony this weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., enshrining a collection of completed aquatic performers and contributors. The checklist included three particular person Olympic gold medalists together with 12 different people from throughout all aquatic disciplines.
Dana Vollmer of america was named to the Corridor of Fame after an unimaginable swimming profession by which she certified for 3 Olympic groups and received gold within the 100 butterfly on the 2016 Olympics, setting a world document within the course of. On the boys’s aspect, the gold medalists getting into the Corridor of Fame are Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, the 2012 Olympic champion within the 200 breaststroke, and Sweden’s Lars Frolander, the 2000 champion within the 100 fly.
As well as, the legendary U.S. ladies’s 400 freestyle relay crew of Shirley Babashoff, Wendy Boglioli, Kim Peyton and Jill Sterkel earned recognition. On the 1976 Olympics, this group upset favored East Germany for gold.
Divers Alexandre Despatie (Canada) and Yulia Pakhalina (Russia) have been honored, together with inventive swimmer Virginie Dedieu (France), water polo gamers Carmela Allucci (Italy) and Vladimir Akimov (Soviet Union), coach Dennis Pursley, contributor Dale Neuburger and gold medallion award winner Alex Blavatnik. Extra details about the complete Corridor of Fame class might be discovered right here.
Watch the complete video of the Corridor of Fame ceremony, out there via ESPN Plus, right here.
