Dave Smith

Dave Smith is a mechanical engineer and an American pool and open water swimmer from Point Loma, California.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 26 April 2009, he completed a 7.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in Cape Town, South Africa in 2 hours 12 minutes.
On 7 July 2010, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 9 hours 22 minutes 24 seconds.
On 18 June 2011, he finished 9th in the 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York in 8 hours 3 minutes 45 seconds at the age of 45.
On 23 August 2012, he completed a 33.8 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 10 hours 52 minutes.
On 9 May 2014, he finished 3rd in the 22.8 km Apache Lake crossing at the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 7 hours 2 minutes 6 seconds.
On 10 May 2014, he finished 4th in the 10 km crossing of Roosevelt Lake at the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 6 minutes 17 seconds.
He become the 62nd member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.