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.