International Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame
INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME
SELECTION COMMITTEE
1999-2001
Wm. P. Barlow, Jr., Chairman
Elaine Borter, Switzerland
Richard
Eu, Singapore
Ian Faulkner, Australia
Max Kirwan, Australia
Franz
Kuhn, Austria
Carole Lowe, USA
Peter Pearl, Great Britain
Ricardo Villegas,
Colombia
Selection Process
Selection for the Hall of Fame requires the
affirmative vote of at least six of the nine members of the Selection Committee. A maximum
of five individuals
can be elected in each two-year period.
For a skier to be eligible for consideration he must have competed in at
least two World Championships and must have been retired from Open competition
for at least two additional World Championships. The primary considerations in
voting for a skier is his skiing record in the World Championships, World
records set, sportsmanship, character and integrity.
Officials are selected primarily based on significant contributions to water
skiing at the international level over a period of at least 15 years. Officials
need not be retired from the sport to be recognized.
PRIOR ENSHRINEES
1989
André Coutau SUI
Willa Worthington McGuire USA
Alfredo
Mendoza MEX
1991
Elizabeth
Allan USA
William P. Barlow
USA
Franco
Carraro ITA
Marina Doria SUI
Jean Muller FRA
1993
George
Athans CAN
Alan
Clark AUS
William D. Clifford
USA
Mike
Hazelwood GBR
Mike Suyderhoud USA
1995
Ivan
Cantacuzene SUI
Carlos Suarez
VEN
Cindy Todd
USA
Roby Zucchi
ITA
1996
Golden Anniversary
Selections
Piera Castelvetri
ITA
Bruce
Cockburn AUS
Roger Codère CAN
Richard Cowell
BWI
René Daumas
MEX
Jean-Jacques
Finsterwald SUI
Simon Khoury LEB
Betty Leighton
AUS
David
Nations GBR
Dick
Pope, Sr. USA
Brett Wing AUS
1997
Ana
Maria Carrasco VEN
Geoff Carrington
AUS
Sylvie
Hulsemann SUI
Neville May AUS
Karen Neville AUS
1999
Chantal Amade-Escot
Maria Victoria Carrasco VEN
Ian Faulkner AUS
Renate Hansluvka AUT
Chuck Stearns USA
Elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001
Selection ceremony announcements made at the 1999 IWSF Congress held in
Milan, Italy by Wm. P. Barlow, Jr., Chairman
BRUCE DOUGLAS
A pioneering water skier in New Zealand. Appointed Judge at all
World Championships from 1989 to 1999. Member of the Tournament Council. President of the
New Zealand federation until his death in November 2000.
SAMMY DUVALL
Men's World Overall Champion 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1987.
Winner of seven medals inthe World Championships. Set the World Record in jumping six times, and
held it, except for two months in 1992, from 1988 to 1995.
FRANZ KIRSCH
Chairman of the IWSF Barefoot Council for ten years. Member
of the German National Tournament Team for seven years and the Barefoot Team for five years.
Twice Chief Judge of the World Barefoot Championships.
DEENA MAPPLE
Women's World Overall Champion in 1987 and 1989.
Winner of fifteen medals in the World Championships while a member of the U.S. Team from 1979 to 1989.
Set five World Records each in jumping and slalom, with her last jumping record standing for eight years.
JEAN-MARIE MULLER
World Champion in tricks in 1961. Many times European Champion
from 1956 to 1961 in all events. Organized the first World Cup in Tahiti in 1971 and again in Bordeaux in 1980.
Founder of the IWSF Barefoot and Racing Commissions.