{"id":1194014,"date":"2026-09-08T22:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1194014\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T22:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:56:41","slug":"former-team-usa-triathlete-dies-in-apparent-drowning-on-family-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1194014\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Team USA triathlete dies in apparent drowning on family vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Team USA triathlete dies in apparent drowning on family vacation<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ec6af6d0-ba21-421a-ac43-b52368fc69ae_1788456182.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Brian Wiechert\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">SHELTER ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A former Team USA triathlete was found dead following a swim on a family vacation.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Spencer Korwin, 38, a father of two, was found dead Sept. 2 after he went missing off New York\u2019s Shelter Island after going out for a swim.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">His body was found under a dock at the Pridwin Hotel on Long Island following an hours-long search, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Southold-Town-Police-Department-61570204924494\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to local authorities.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Officials believe he died from an accidental drowning, although an official cause of death from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office is pending.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><strong>Related video above | How to spot and escape a rip current at the beach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Korwin represented the United States at the 2012 Triathlon World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">An avid swimmer, Korwin\u2019s death highlights the dangers of swimming in unknown waters and underestimating the tides and currents around Shelter Island.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">\u201cPeople are not familiar with the waters around here,\u201d Laurie Eckardt, a lifelong Shelter Island resident, <a href=\"https:\/\/shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com\/2026\/09\/04\/pridwin-drowning-victim-was-ex-team-usa-triathlete-tragedy-sparks-labor-day-water-safety-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the Shelter Island Reporter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">It\u2019s the second apparent drowning in the area this summer after 18-year-old Timothy Magambo <a href=\"https:\/\/pelhamexaminer.com\/82796\/schools\/timothy-magambo-graduate-of-pmhs-class-of-2025-dies-in-apparent-drowning-accident-off-shelter-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">drowned while swimming with friends just months earlier<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Korwin is survived by his wife and two young daughters, ages 1 and 4.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">\u201cSpencer was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend. He was the sun around which so many of our lives orbited, and his loss is being felt deeply by everyone who knew and loved him,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-memory-of-spencer-korwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a GoFundMe page for Korwin reads in part<\/a>, as family members set up a fund for his children\u2019s future education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Team USA triathlete dies in apparent drowning on family vacation SHELTER ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A former Team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1194015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5311],"tags":[283240,323580,323575,10957,323572,13035,323577,14367,19968,323578,323576,16430,323573,122176,323574,49,323579,978,659],"class_list":["post-1194014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-apparent-drowning","tag-avid-swimmer","tag-beach-korwin","tag-death","tag-family-vacation","tag-father","tag-former-team-usa-triathlete","tag-friend","tag-official","tag-rip-current","tag-shelter-island","tag-son","tag-spencer-korwin","tag-swim","tag-trathlete","tag-united-states","tag-unknown-water","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117237895066770755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1194015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}