At least 70 on three continents for competition, probably more. It's hard remembering all pools back to 1955. It was fun trying! Had thoughts of a lot of memorable meets, locales, etc. over the years that had faded from memory. Remebering all training venues would be impossible!
May have to start a thread about memorable meets, venues.
Starting 1959 --- I was 16--- until I left Egypt in 1989:
Twelve in Egypt (one of which was seawater)
one in Los Angeles, CA
three in Spain
two in Saudi Arabia
three ---hotel pools--- in Thailand (all three shaped funny but I managed to find two opposite sides that were almost parallel to each other).
(All of the above without Goggles)
then (over a period of 19+ years starting 1989)
Ten in Canada
one in Fort Lauderdale, FL
one in Dallas, TX
Nice thread..... brought back:violin: memories (mostly good).
Somewhere upwards of 50 - I swam age group, high school and college in So Cal and have started in masters after a 27 year break. Fun thing to think about, brings back lots of good memories.
a quick trip down memory lane says 50 or so, probably more since i can't remember exactly how many teams we swam in all the leagues i was in as a kid or how many teams we swam in college. it's funny how many of these pools i really remember.
great topic
