Chloe McCardel

Chloe McCardel
Born ( 1985-05-10) 10 May 1985
Melbourne, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Open water swimmer
Swim coach[1]
Known for solo crossings of the English Channel and world record longest open water ocean swim [2]
Website www.chloemccardel.com

Chloe McCardel, born 10 May 1985, is an open water swimmer and swim coach from Melbourne, Australia.

Swims

McCardel's past swims include twenty-one solo crossings of the English Channel, including eight crossings in one season and three crossings in one week,[3] two double-crossings in 2010 and 2012 and, in 2015, the fourth person to do a non-stop triple-crossing.[4][5][6][7] She also won the 28.5-mile (46-kilometer) Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2010.[8][9] As of Summer 2015, she holds the world record for the longest ever unassisted open-water swim, at 128 km.[10][11]

Australian Record

On October 22, 2016 McCardel completed her 20th solo swim across the English Channel. She set a new Australian crossing record, taking the previous record from Des Renford.[12]

World Record

On October 22, 2014 McCardel completed an unprecedented swim from South Eleuthera Island to Nassau, Bahamas. 124.4 kilometers (77.3 miles) in 41 hours, 21 minutes. She set a new world record, longest unassisted ocean swim, conducted under the ‘Rules of Marathon Swimming’. This swim was officially ratified by the Marathon Swimming Federation (MSF).[13] The Rules of Marathon Swimming are a globally-endorsed framework of rules and guidelines for any swim in any body of water. The Documented Swims program offers a venue for publishing documentation and requesting peer-reviewed ratification of independent marathon swims. She also won the 2014 MSF ‘Solo Swim of the Year’ (Female) for this World Record swim.

Record attempt

On 12 June 2013, she attempted to be the first person to swim across the Straits of Florida from Cuba to Florida without using the protection of a shark cage. She also did not wear a stinger suit or a wet suit. This swim was done to raise funds for three charities; the CanTeen, Can Assist and Swim Across America. McCardel had a 32-person support team that included weather experts and doctors that accompanied her throughout her trip, which was to last about 55–65 hours. She was to eat and drink every half hour.

After 11 hours, McCardel stopped her record swim attempt after she was severely stung by multiple box jellyfish and was in too much pain to continue. She was taken to Key West and was treated for the stings.[14]

Coaching

Across June/July 2015, McCardel, with the support of her team, coached seven relay teams and three solo swimmers (44 swimmers in total) to swim the English Channel. Two of these relays were from the Geelong Grammar School (Victoria, Australia). Geelong were part of the “Channel Conquerors” program which also featured two school age Relay teams from The Arch Academy (San Diego, USA) – coached by Dan Simonelli.

In 2014 she coached and crewed 2x relays to swim the English Channel. These swimmers raised over US$125 000 for a cancer charity – Swim Across America. In July 2015, she also coached and crewed one of the 2014 English Channel relay fundraisers, Grant Wentworth, to swim between Cape Cod and Nantucket (USA) and, in doing so, raising $150 000 for Swim Across America.

Awards

Channel Swimming Association (CSA)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chloemccardel.com/profile-3/
  2. ↑ http://marathonswimmers.org/blog/2014/12/msf-ratifies-swims-endorses-world-distance-record/
  3. ↑ "Chloë McCardel Makes It Look As Easy As 1-2-3". The Daily News of Open Water Swimming.
  4. ↑ "1st in 25 years – Chloë McCardel does a non-stop triple crossing of English Channel". Outdoor Journal.
  5. ↑ "McCardel does triple English Channel swim". SBS News.
  6. ↑ "Chloe McCardel Triple Crossing English Channel".
  7. ↑ "Marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel completes triple English Channel swim". 3aw 693.
  8. ↑ "Australian Chloe McCardel to attempt Cuba to Florida swim without shark cage". ABC Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Australian Chloe McCardel eyes swim from Cuba to Florida". SI. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sharks, heat stroke, jellyfish... and a WORLD RECORD: The dramatic moment Australian Chloe McCardel finished her 128KM ocean swim in the Bahamas". UK Daily Mail.
  11. ↑ "Chloe McCardel Sets Open Water World Record for Longest Unassisted Swim (Photo Gallery)". Swimming World.
  12. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/sport/aussie-chloe-mccardel-sets-english-channel-swim-record-20161022-gs8gwd.html
  13. ↑ http://marathonswimmers.org/swims/2014/chloe-mccardel-eleuthera-bahamas/
  14. ↑ "Chloe McCardel ends distance swim". ESPN. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Chloe McCardel". Facebook. Retrieved 12 June 2013.


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