Abby Armstrong
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Abby Armstrong accepted Samoa Events International Female Athlete of the Year of 2016. Photo courtesy by ScottieT Photography.
Abby Armstrong is a 30-year-old ocean swimmer from Hamilton, New Zealand who swam across the Apolima Strait in 2016 at the age of 28 in 6 hours 30 minutes. She was awarded the 2016 International Female Athlete of the Year by Samoa Events. She also completed a relay crossing of the Apolima Strait in 2017 with Jo Armstrong and Gerry Glover.
Apolima Strait
The Apolima Strait is a 22.3 km channel between Samoa's main islands of Upolu and Savai]i.
History of Crossing Apolima Strait
- Iosia Leau (Samoa) 1988 at the age of 26 in 5 hours
- Mike Cochrane (New Zealand) 2015 at the age of 33 in 8 hours 1 minute
- Rosie Sharman (New Zealand) 2015 at the age of 32 in 8 hours 30 minutes
- Phillip Ryan (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 25 in 5 hours 3 minutes
- Abby Armstrong (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 28 in 6 hours 30 minutes
- Bronwen Burmester (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 60 in 8 hours 5 minutes
- Kate Sinclair (Australia) 2016 at the age of 37 in 8 hours 15 minutes
- Todd Pritchard (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 49 in 8 hours 25 minutes
Video
External links
- Swimming Apolima Strait In Samoa
- Samoa Swim Series, Simply Splendid
- Pacific Open Water Challenge
- Five Islands Challenge
- Savai'i Excursion
- The Five Islands
- Upolu-Savai'i Swim
- Samoa Swim Series Facebook page
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Abby Armstrong Is Female Athlete Of The Year In Samoa
- Follow The Apolima Strait Swim Live Online
