Andrew Hunt

Andrew Hunt is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Andrew Hunt is a 60-year-old open water swimmer from Australia.

Honours

• He is an Honouree of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2021, inducted on 21 June 2021.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

• He has completed three Oceans Seven channels and 17 Rottnest Channel Swims to date.
• He is a member of the Half Century Club from Australia who successfully crossed the English Channel from England to France in September 2011 in 13 hours 54 minutes, certified by the Channel Swimming Association.
• He entered into the 2013 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim.
• He completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel in 10 hours 19 minutes in 2014 under the auspices of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation.
• On 19 July 2018, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 10 hours 52 minutes 22 seconds at the age of 57.
• He completed solo swims of the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 2009, 2010, 2011 (2 times), 2012, 2013 (5 times), 2014 (2 times), 2015 (2 times), 2016, 2017, 2018 (2 times) to date.
• His swims have been honoured by the Rottnest Channel Swim Honour Board including a two-way crossing on 24 March 2013 in 12 hours 54 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 51.
• On 21 February 2009, he finished 53rd in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 49 minutes 46 seconds at the age of 47.
• On 20 February 2010, he finished 58th in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 26 minutes 31 seconds at the age of 48.
• On 19 March 2011, he completed the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 8 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 49.
• On 22 April 2011, he completed the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 34 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 49.
• On 15 September 2011, he completed a 33.8 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 13 hours 54 minutes at the age of 50.
• On 22 August 2014, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland in 10 hours 19 minutes 43 seconds at the age of 52.
• On 25 February 2012, he finished 49th in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 49 minutes 26 seconds at the age of 50.
• On 23 February 2013, he finished 53rd in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 0 minutes 35 seconds at the age of 51.
• On 24 March 2013, he finished a two-way crossing of the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 12 hours 54 minutes at the age of 51. He finished the first leg in 6 hours 39 minutes and the second leg in 6 hours 15 minutes.
• On 25 April 2013, he finished a crossing of the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 52 minutes 35 seconds at the age of 51.
• On 22 February 2014, he finished 92nd in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 56 minutes 29 seconds at the age of 52.
• On 15 March 2014, he finished a crossing of the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 42 minutes 25 seconds at the age of 52.
• On 21 February 2015, he finished 119th in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 47 minutes 15 seconds at the age of 53.
• On 20 December 2015, he finished a crossing of the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 36 minutes 18 seconds at the age of 54.
• On 27 February 2016, he finished 91st in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 9 minutes 57 seconds at the age of 54.
• On 25 February 2017, he finished 95th in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 50 minutes 11 seconds at the age of 55.
• On 24 February 2018, he finished 190th in the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds at the age of 56.
• On 20 March 2018, he finished a crossing of the 19.7 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 5 hours 22 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 57.

External links

• Do Women Find Male Swimmers Attractive?
• 9 More Honorees Named By Australian Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
• Rottnest Channel Swim
• Rottnest Channel Swim Honour Board
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Channel Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• English Channel website
• Welcome to the English Channel
• The Oldest Men and Women in the Sea
• Five Or More Gets On Rottnest Channel Swim Honour Board
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Tsugaru For Two + Families
• The Hunt Across Tsugaru Is Over: Success