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Kim Lumsdon
Kim Lumsdon is a 61-year-old Canadian open water swimmer who is the subject of a documentary film that was released in January 2014.
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Marathon Swimming Career
- On 27th August 1976, at the age of 19 and coached by her father and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Cliff Lumsdon, she became the 11th person to swim across Lake Ontario with a time of 21 hours 27 minutes from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Ontario Place.
- On 5-6 August 2006, at the age of 49, she became a member of the 24-hour club due to her 51 km solo swim south-to-north across Lake Ontario in Canada in 26 hours 27 minutes at the age of 49, piloted by James Rocco.
- On 26 July 2013, at the age of 56, she swam 40 km in Lake Ontario, but was pulled because of bad weather.
- On 28 July 2018, at the age of 61, she competed in the 25 km Border Buster in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
- She tied for 11th in the 22nd 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada on 8 August 1976 in 10 hours 26 minutes 26 seconds with Osama Rashad.
1977 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation Rankings
Men
1. John Kinsella (USA) 1,375 points
2. Bill Heiss (USA) 1,033 points
3. Claudio Plit (Argentina) 932 points
4. Jon Erikson (USA) 604 points
5. Magdy Mandour (Egypt) 563 points
6. Raul Villagomez (Mexico) 556 points
7. Amin Yousseff (Egypt) 550 points
8. Marwan Saleh (Syria) 477 points
9. Ray Dixon (England) 433 points
10. Dennis Matuch (USA) 426 points
11. James Barry (USA) 391 points
12. Nasser El Shazly (Egypt) 331 points
13. Magdy Farid (Egypt) 225 points
14. Ibrahim Feidalla (Egypt) 205 points
15. Baher Hamid (Egypt) 192 points
16. Martin Neiman (USA) 184 points
17. Guy Montpetit (Canada) 158 points
18. Ossama Rachad (Egypt) 150 points
19. Wayne Westman (USA) 133 points
20. Sultan Kigab (Sudan) 131 points
21. Mohamad Gamie (Egypt) 120 points
Women
1. Loreen Passfield (Canada) 1,375 points
2. Cynthia Nicholas (Canada) 1,054 points
3. Kim Lumsdon (Canada) 545 points
4. Corrie Dixon (Holland) 483 points
5. Nazala Moustafa (Egypt) 404 points
6. Omneya Tantawi (Egypt) 379 points
7. Sharon Beckman (USA) 245 points
8. Martha Stortz (USA) 210 points
External links
- When The Machine Dominated, A Look At The Pro Circuit In 1977
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Kim Lumsdon website
- Solo Swims of Ontario
- Kim Lumsdon information
- Updated 24-Hour Club
- 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
- Kim Lumsdon, Third Time Will Be A Charm
- Updated 24-Hour Club
- 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
- Swimming For More Than 24 Hours
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
