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Australian swimmer

Tammy van Wisse
Personal information
Born (1968-07-23) July 23, 1968 (age 56)
Melbourne, Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesLong-distance swimming, marathon swimming

Tammy van Wisse (born 23 July 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a long-distance swimmer from Australia. 1990 she won the Lake Zurich Swim. As a marathon swimmer she swam the Murray River in 2001, a distance of 2,438 kilometres and the English Channel in 1993 in a time of 8h 35mins and again in 1994 in a time of 8h 33mins. In July 2006, van Wisse broke an 81-year-old record (held by Gertrude Jacobs Ederle) for the 35-kilometer swim from New York City to Sandy Hook, and retired from competitive swimming the same year to start a family, 20 years after her first marathon swim. She now works as an environmentalist and a motivational speaker.

References

  1. Dover Life - Successful Crossings 1994
  2. "Swimmer Tammy van Wisse breaks record". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  3. "Tammy van Wisse retiring to have babies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. "New campaign urges Aussies to save water". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2009.

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