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Miguel Vadillo
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Erin
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Country Association
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| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 54 |
| Ice Miles: | 0 |
He swam across Lake Ontario in August, 2010.
He was nominated for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for his bone-chilling 18 hour 4 minute marathon swim. He became the 44th person to successfully conquer the lake while raising C$12,000 for swim and water safety programs in Ontario, trying to do something to avoid preventable drownings among young immigrants.
In 2014 founded Embrace Open Water Swimming a coaching company dedicated to help athletes of every ability and experience to achieve their goals in swimming whether in the pool open water triathlons or marathon swimming
He is a graphic designer working today as the marketing manager for Benson Steel.
He was a swim master for the Great Lakes Crossing Organization when active.
He was a swim master for Annaleise Carr\'s swims in Lake Erie in 2014.
In 2019 was a swim master for Elizabeth Banducci swim across Lake Erie
and 2022 was a swim master for Becky Yuan\'s swim across Lake Erie.
He is the co-organizer of the 20 km Embrace The Challenge across Lake Erie.
After being a competitive swimmer and later a modern pentathlete in Mexico, in 2004 he arrived in Canada and became the Ontario Modern Pentathlon coach.
