''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known as ''SwimInfo'' prior to 2006). The headquarters is in

History

In its earliest form, ''Junior Swimmer'' began as a mimeograph/newsletter published by

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in the summer of 1952. In 1960, Coach Daland passed the responsibility of the project to Albert Schoenfeld due to Daland's greater coaching demands as the swim coach at the

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and the

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. The January 1960 issue was the first published in a magazine format, still called ''Junior Swimmer''. The magazine then went through six title changes over the next 45 years. In May 1961, the magazine changed its main cover title to ''Jr./Sr. Swimmer''. The publication then combined with ''Swimming World'' in June 1961. At that time, ''Swimming World'' was still a mimeograph/newsletter, which had been published for the previous 10 years by Robert J. H. Kiphuth. The June 1961 issue of the newly combined operation used a two part title, shown in two lines with different fonts, as ''Jr./Sr. Swimmer'' and ''Swimming World''. The title changed again the following month, settling on a single defined title, all in consistent font, of ''Junior Swimmer Swimming World'' for the July 1961 issue. The title changed again in May 1962, when it became ''Junior Swimmer and Swimming World'', with the words "Junior Swimmer and" shown as an upper line in a much less prominent font, making the words "Swimming World" the visually main name. In the March 1964 issue, the words were switched to ''Swimming World and Junior Swimmer'', with the lower placed "and Junior Swimmer" still shown in a less prominent font on the cover. This prominent ''Swimming World'', with minor ''and Junior Swimmer'' title format continued through the February 2005 issue, with the magazine finally settling on its still-current ''Swimming World'' only title for its March 2005 issue, which brought attention to the change by showing only one story on its cover"The Changing Face of Swimming".

Operations

''Swimming World'' has correspondents in Europe and Australia, and keeps track of all major

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-sanctioned competitions, as well as tabulating extensive records of competitions ranging from junior to masters level swimming. It also provides advice on health related and technique issues for people with an interest in swimming. Brent Rutemiller is the chief executive officer of Sports Publications International and Publisher of Swimming World Magazine, SWIM Magazine and Swimming Technique Magazine since 2002. Under his tenure, Rutemiller re-branded each media vehicle under one print title, Swimming World Magazine, and then re-launched all three magazines as separate digital downloads. Shortly thereafter, he launched Swimming World Radio and Swimming World TV as online properties. The Morning Swim Show is Swimming World TV's flagship program which streams weekday mornings. In 2015, Rutemiller introduced Swimming World Biweekly as a free digital magazine aggregating the top stories on the Internet every two weeks. In 2017, the

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(ISHOF) merged its operations with ''Swimming World Magazine.'' The combination provided the International Swimming Hall of Fame with an outreach arm, that Swimming World can provide, to the athletes, coaches and volunteers around the world in aquatics.

Website and magazine features

Features of coaches on the website and in the magazine have been highlighted by local (University-level) news for providing a view into the unique paths coaches take to reach their coaching position and the methodologies used by coaches for training and keeping their athletes motivated."Gallaudet coach Bill Snape featured in Swimming World Magazine"
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''. September 29, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2021."CMS and Head Coach Charlie Griffiths Featured in Swimming World magazine"
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''. August 28, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2021."Coach Rochna featured in Swimming World Magazine"
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''. October 5, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

Awards

The magazine produces an annual year-end list of the ''Swimming World'' Swimmer of the Year awards, naming winners in various categories. , the categories were: African, Male and Female; American, Male and Female; European, Male and Female; Pacific Rim, Male and Female; and, from these eight regional winners, World Female and World Male. In addition to yearly awards for swimming, ''Swimming World'' allocates awards annually to athletes in other aquatics sports such as

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, and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

."Swimming World Magazine Honors TYR Synchronized Swimmers"
'' TYR''. Retrieved July 17, 2021."Johnson Named Swimming World Magazine Female Water Polo Player of the Year"
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''. January 5, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2021."Ashleigh Johnson Named Swimming World Magazine's Female Water Polo Player Of The Year"
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''. January 5, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2021. The magazine also honors the top high school swim teams and swimmers in the United States on an annual summer (end of the high school year) basis, including its awards for Female High School Swimmer of the Year and Male High School Swimmer of the Year.

Notable stories

The following are a selection of notable stories where news agencies reported, referenced, highlighted, or featured ''Swimming World'' and its role in the story, and high-profile stories covered by ''Swimming World'' itself: * Between 2015 and 2021, ''Swimming World'' covered a number of high-profile

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s between

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s and their significant other including

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to Sean Dowling,D'Addona, Dan (July 19, 2021)
"Olympic Gold Medalist Kathleen Baker Announces Engagement"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

Florent Manaudou ] Florent Manaudou (; born 12 November 1990) is a French competitive swimming (sport), swimmer, an Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics, and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist i ...

Pernille Blume Pernille Blume (born 14 May 1994) is a former Danish swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle events. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was the gold medalist in the women's 50 metre freestyle and won a br ...

,D'Addona, Dan (September 1, 2021)
"Olympic Gold Medalists Pernille Blume, Florent Manaudou Announce Engagement"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

Caeleb Dressel Caeleb Remel Dressel (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He swims representing the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. He won ...

to Meghan Haila,Lord, Craig (November 30, 2019)
"Meghan Haila Posts Picture Of Happy Moment Caeleb Dressel Popped The Question"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

Townley Haas Francis Townley Haas (born December 13, 1996) is a retired American competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. He is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Ha ...

to Megan Meseck,De George, Matthew (December 15, 2020)
"Townley Haas, Megan Meseck Announce Engagement"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved January 15, 2022.

Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini (; born 5 August 1988) is an Italian retired swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she holds the women's 200 meters freestyle world record (long course, 50 m), and won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing ...

to Matteo Guinta,De George, Matthew (October 31, 2021)
"Federica Pellegrini, Matteo Guinta Announce Engagement"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo (; born 20 August 1990) is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch- Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m free ...

Ferry Weertman Ferry Weertman (born 27 June 1992) is a former Dutch competitive swimmer who specialises in long-distance freestyle and open water events. He is the Olympic gold medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. ...

,"Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Ferry Weertman Ringing in New Year With Wedding Plans"
''Swimming World''. December 29, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2022.

Florian Wellbrock Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He won gold medals in the 10 kilometre open water swim and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Cham ...

Sarah Köhler Sarah Wellbrock (''née'' Köhler; born 20 June 1994) is a German swimmer. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the women's 400 metre freestyle, she finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final. In the wome ...

,Ross, Andy (December 2, 2020)
"1500 Worlds Medalists Florian Wellbrock & Sarah Kohler Announce Engagement"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved January 15, 2022. and

Cody Miller Cody William Miller (born January 9, 1992) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in both the men's 4×50 meter freestyle relay and the mixed 4×50 meter freestyle relay as well as a former American record hold ...

to Ali DeWitt.Ress, Justine (December 24, 2015)
"13 Things You Never Knew About American Record Holder Cody Miller"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved October 30, 2021. * Day one of wave II of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, ''Swimming World'' was featured in the ''

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'' for its ranking of the world's fastest swimmers in the 400-meter freestyle heading to the

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including

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.Barker, Sean (June 13, 2021)
"Ridgefield swimmer Kieran Smith qualifies for Olympics in 400 freestyle"
''

''. Retrieved July 20, 2021. * ''Swimming Worlds coverage of potentially manipulated results at a swim meet in

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was highlighted by

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in July 2021 ahead of the

.Sridhar, Shrivathsa; Rutherford, Peter (July 13, 2021)
"Swimming-FINA weigh up sanctions on Uzbek federation over 'manipulated' results"
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''. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

References

External links

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