Walter Poenisch (July 11, 1913 – June 6, 2000) was an American baker and long-distance swimmer. In 1963, at the age of 50, Poenisch began his professional...
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Straits after Walter Poenisch in 1978 and Susie Maroney in 1997. Both of those earlier efforts involved a shark cage and, in Poenisch's case, fins and...
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Addressing Press on the Actual First Swimmers to Cross Florida Straights, Walter Poenisch and Susan Maroney". World Open Water Swimming Association. August 25...
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Moscow Helsinki Group. At the age of 65, American long distance swimmer Walter Poenisch became the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States, arriving...
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Player 1990 Joseph Pletinckx Belgium Pioneer Water Polo Player 1988 Walter Poenisch United States Pioneer Open Water Swimmer 2017 Igor Polyansky Soviet...
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The New Yorker, Virginia Short, Chicago Women's Concert Band, Lillian Poenisch Vol. III, No. 3 October 15, 1937 Anne (or Anna) Mehlig Falk, George Schaun...
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