One day at the beginning of the year, I woke up with the idea of Puerto Vallarta and the Bay of Banderas in my head, said Mariel Hawley, an open water swimmer , who at the end of October (between the 22nd and 26th) will try to set a record swimming between the north and south ends of this bay.
Mariel is part of a select group, she is the 15th person in the world to complete the challenge of the Seven Seas (swimming long distances on five continents); The attempted sporting feat, swimming the 42 kilometers from Punta Mita, Nayarit to Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, is also associated with an altruistic cause as it will raise funds for the “Corazón de Niña” association that supports minors in this region.
The Mexican swimmer is a national champion of masters swimming in open water; At the press conference, she clarified that she was inspired by this region of Mexico, and left open the possibility of continuing to swim long distances in the Mexican Pacific Ocean.
Something that identifies her, in addition to her sporting feats, is that she has channeled all her swim to transform them into altruistic causes , mainly in surgeries for low-income Mexican children with cleft lip and / or palate and oncological treatments for children with cancer through various associations.
In this case, he will also give a lecture with the title "In the middle of the storm, your heart in peace", at the Marriott hotelAll proceeds will go to the “Corazón de Niña” association that will provide support to girls with cancer in this region.
For his part, Luis Villaseñor, director of the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Promotion Trust, congratulated the swimmer for her achievements and for having chosen Puerto Vallarta in this bay of flags as an inspiration for her next altruistic feat , "here we welcome all our visitors with preventive measures and with your heart in hand; and in this case, even more so, we wish Mariel much success in these warm waters of the Pacific that thousands of visitors a year enjoy ”.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Last year, Mariel added to her long list of recognitions that of the Woman of the Year 2019, awarded by the World of Open Water Swimming Association.
"Life has taken me through various seas and in each of them I have found what defines me today: I am a mother, writer, motivational speaker, lawyer and open water swimmer, but above all, I am tireless," she declared. .
In the professional field, she is a lawyer graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana, and currently directs Queremos Mexicanos Activos, AC , "the latter, a challenge that has led me to raise my voice in different forums: private and public, in favor of physical activation as an essential part of health and integral development, both physical and emotional."
The awards received by the swimmer throughout her sporting career include The Andres Henestrosa Golden Scroll of Merit in the “Female Athletes” category; the Mont Blanc Award in 2013 in the category of “Female Trailblazer;” the National Women’s Award 2012 in the category “Sportswoman with a cause that delivers;” a 2012 Honorable Mention award granted by the National Women’s Institute to Women in Sports in conjunction with CONADE; and the 2011 Woman Builds Award granted by the Observatory for Women in Latin America, A.C.
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The Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Bahía de Banderas Hotel and Motel Association (AHMBB) work together to promote the region with the support of the Government of the State of Nayarit through its Tourism Promotion Trust (Fiprotur).