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[[File:KR_W2Way.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Kate Robarts' [[2-way]] [[Windermere]], a member of the [[Half Century Club]]]]
[[File:Screen Shot 2018-07-24 at 8.53.48 AM.png|400px|thumb|right|Kate Robarts on left at the 2016 [[Cork Distance Week]].  Photo by [[John Tierney]]]]Kate Robarts (born 1961) is a British [[open water swimmer]] and [[channel swimmer]] from Cornwall who is a member of the [[Half Century Club]] and the [[Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming]].

==Open Water Swimming Career Highlights==

*She swam from Jersey to France on 8 September 2019 in 9 hrs 42 minutes, at the age of 58. She was escorted by Matthew Clarke on Lionheart.
*She swam Jersey to France again on 3rd August 2021, aged 59, in 9 hrs 34 minutes, escorted again by Matt Clarke and Lionheart.
*She completed the [[Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming]] with her 10 hour 9 minute 56 second [[circumnavigation swim]] in the 45.8 km [[20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim]] in New York on 30 June 2018 at the age of 56.
*She completed the Colonia Classic 10 km Es Trenc buoy course in Mallorca, on 31st May 2018, in 3 hours 33 minutes.
*She completed a swim across the [[Catalina Channel]] from [[Santa Catalina Island]] to the Southern California [[mainland]] on 28 September 2017, aged 56, in 16 hours 3 minutes 47 seconds. 
*She participated in the 2017 [[Cork Distance Week]] in Cork, Ireland and then completed a 35 mile [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Jersey Island]] on 25th July, in 10 hours 56 minutes, at the age of 55.
*On 20 August 2014, she completed a solo [[crossing]] of the [[English Channel]] (E/F) in 13 hours 20 minutes at the age of 52.  She swam under the [[Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation]] and was escorted by [[Neil Streeter]] in [[Suva]].
*On 14 August 2013, she completed a [[2-way]] [[solo swim]] of [[Windermere]] in the Lake District of England.  Her 21-mile [[marathon swim]] took 14 hours 47 minutes. She was escorted by [[Colin Hill]] of [[Chillswim]].
*On 5 June 2016, she completed the 10 km [[Jubilee River Swim]] in Eton, Great Britain in 3 hours 7 minutes 21 seconds at the age of 54.  
*On 7 August 2016, she completed the 26.4 km [[Lake Zurich Marathon Swim]] in Switzerland in 11 hours 45 minutes 17 seconds at the age of 54.  
*In 2010, she was part of a 3-woman [[relay]] team, with [[Liz Dilley]] and [[Joanne Postins]] in the Zurich Marathon Swim, the team finishing in 8 hours 23 minutes.
*On 6 August 2011, she participated in an [[English Channel]] [[relay]] under the auspices of the [[Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation]]" a 6-person [[relay]] called [[Over from Dover]], finishing in 13 hours 52 minutes.
*On 18 July 2013, she completed a 4-person [[relay]], [[Mondrago Bay]]. The team landed after 13 hours 17 minutes.
*On 16 September 2014, she participated in a 3-person [[relay]], Castaways, with [[Emma France]] and [[Zoe Sadler]], landing after 17 hours 46 minutes.
*On 16th September 2017, she was part of a 4 person English Channel relay, Relay McRelayface, finishing in 14 hours 43 minutes.
*She competed in the 450m [[winter swimming]] race at the 2015 [[Big Chill Swim]] at the Low Wood Bay Marina, [[Windermere]], England in 5.4ºC water.

==External links==

* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2020/03/sri-chinmoy-marathon-swim-half-century-club-members/ Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim Half Century Club Members]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2015/02/800-heat-up-big-chill-swim-in-windermere 800 Heat Up Big Chill Swim In Windermere]
* [https://www.justgiving.com/Kate-Robarts1 Kate Robarts Just Giving Page]
* [http://cspf.co.uk/ Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation]
* [http://www.dover.uk.com/channelswimming/swims/2011/8/6/2467/Over+From+Dover/swimmers/ Over From Dover English Channel Website]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2017/08/cork-distance-week-alumni-success Cork Distance Week Alumni Success]
* [http://www.wowsa.org World Open Water Swimming Association]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Daily News of Open Water Swimming]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Open Water Swimming]
* [http://www.marathonswimming.com Marathon Swimming]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2015/05/2015-international-self-transcendence 2015 International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim Start List]
* [http://ch.srichinmoyraces.org/files/ch/Own-boat.pdf International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Swim information]
* [http://www.worldstop100openwaterswims.com World's Top 100 Open Water Swims]
* [http://www.imshof.org International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/02/short-list-of-long-marathon-swims A Short List of Marathon Swims]
* [http://www.srichinmoyraces.org/ch Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Switzerland]
* [http://ch.srichinmoyraces.org/veranstaltungen/zhlake Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim Rapperswil-Zurich]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/kate-roberts-takes-heat-to-achieve Kate Robarts Takes The Heat To Achieve Triple Crown]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/the-men-woman-behind-bridges The Men & Woman Behind The Bridges]
* [https://www.nyopenwater.org/ New York Open Water]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/06/pat-gallant-charette-never-looking-back Pat Gallant-Charette Never Looking Back]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/two-triumphant-tandem-for-triple Two Triumphant Tandem For Triple]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/kate-roberts-takes-heat-to-achieve Kate Robarts Takes The Heat To Achieve Triple Crown]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/06/one-more-swim-one-more-wave-for-melissa One More Swim, One More Wave For Melissa Kegler]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/swimming-splendidly-from-slovakia Swimming Splendidly From Slovakia To Sydney]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/jenny-smith-does-crazy-hard-completes Jenny Smith Does Crazy Hard, Completes Triple Crown]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/06/ned-wieland-has-long-bright-future-ahead Ned Wieland Has A Long Bright Future Ahead]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/nathalie-pohl-win-20-bridges-achieves Nathalie Pohl Wins 20 Bridges, Achieves Triple Crown]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/07/never-too-old-around-manhattan-island Never Too Old Around Manhattan Island]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2019/01/2019-worlds-50-most-adventurous-open_18 2019 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women]

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