Bob Tarr
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Bob Tarr is an Honouree in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2020
Bob Tarr is a 44-year-old Australian open water swimmer from Perth. He is a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
Honours
- He is an Honouree of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2020, inducted on 21 June 2020.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He achieved the Australia Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with the following three marathon swims:
- 25 km Port to Pub on 16 March 2019 in 6 hours 29 minutes 28 seconds
- 27 km Palm-Shelley on 11 March 2023 in 6 hours 20 minutes 0 seconds
- 34 km Derwent Big River Swim in Tasmania on 21 December 2022 in 7 hours 47 minutes 10 seconds at the age of 44.
- On 23 February 2013, he finished 42nd in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in 5 hours 54 minutes 1 second at the age of 34.
- On 27 February 2016, he finished 14th in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in 4 hours 58 minutes 34 seconds at the age of 37.
- On 25 February 2017, he finished 12th in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in 5 hours 5 minutes 15 seconds at the age of 38.
- On 24 February 2018, he finished 13th in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in 4 hours 46 minutes 47 seconds at the age of 39.
- On 6 April 2018, he finished a two-way 39.4 km Rottnest Channel Swim in 9 hours 15 minutes 1 second (first leg was 4 hours 39 minutes 35 seconds and second leg was 4 hours 35 minutes 26 seconds) at the age of 39.
- On 28 August 2018, he finished a 33.2 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 10 hours 15 minutes at the age of 40.
- On 16 March 2019, he won the 25 km Port to Pub race in Western Australia in 6 hours 29 minutes 28 seconds at the age of 40.
- On 17 June 2019, he crossed the 32.3 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 9 hours 22 minutes 30 seconds at the age of 41.
- On 13 July 2019, he finished 2nd in the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island, New York in 6 hours 58 minutes 24 seconds at the age of 41 to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
- In October 2019, he won the 19.3 km Swim Around Charleston in South Carolina in 4:14:23 at the age of 41.
- He finished 20th in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim from Cottesloe Beach on the Australian mainland to Thomson Bay on Rottnest Island in February 2020.
External links
- Youth Overcomes Experience - Nicholas Arakelian Wins Swim Around Charleston
- Rod Watkins, Bob Tarr, Rachel Rowland, Benjamin Humphreys, Nicky MacKenzie, Stephen Maloney Down Under In Tasmania
- 9 More Honorees Named By Australian Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Stately, Splendid, Stunning Swim Starts Around Charleston
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- New York Open Water
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
