Heidi Gan

Heidi Gan of Malaysia

Women's 5K Podium Finish at the 2011 SEA Games, photo courtesy of Christopher Guesdon

Heidi Gan is a 27-year-old open water swimmer from Malaysia. She is coached by Matthew Magee.

Open Water Swimming Career

• she won both the inaugural 5 km open water swim and 10 km marathon swim at the 2011 SEA Games (also known as the Southeast Asian Games)
• she placed in the top 10 in the 5 km and 10 km at the 2012 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships
• she qualified for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics where she placed 16th
• she represented her country at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
• she finished 2nd among women in the 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge.
• she finished 7th in the 2017 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim on Brighton Beach in Adelaide.
• she finished third in the 2017 Asian Open Water Swimming Championship 5 km race in Malaysia.
• she set the record in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 2018 in 4 hours 21 minutes 55 seconds to Thomas Bay.

SEA Games 5K Open Water Swim

At the 2011 SEA Games, the results of the women's 5K championship in Putri Island, Indonesia were as follows:

1. Heidi Gan (Malaysia) 1:11:47
2. Thi Ngoc Bich Nguyen (Vietnam) 1:13:45
3. Yessy V. Yosaputra (Indonesia) 1:15:19
4. Rania Saumi G. (Indonesia) 1:15:24
5. Chelsea Fuch (Singapore) 1:19:28
6. Thi Ngoc Yen Nguyen (Vietnam) DNF

SEA Games 10K Marathon Swim

At the 2011 SEA Games, the results of the women's 10K championship in Putri Island, Indonesia were as follows:

1. Heidi Gan (Malaysia) 2:20:26
2. Thi Ngoc Yen N. (Vietnam) 2:34:59
3. Yessy V Yosaputra (Indonesia) 2:38:47
4. Anissa Fabiola (Indonesia) 2:42:39
5. Chelsea Fuch (Singapore) 2:43:37
6. Thi Ngoc Bich N. (Vietnam) 2:43:48

2012 Olympic 10km Marathon Swim Results

GOLD Eva Risztov (HUN) 1:57:38.2
SILVER Haley Anderson (USA) 1:57:38.6
BRONZE Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 1:57:41.8
4. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) 1:57:42.2
5. Angela Maurer (GER) 1:57:52.8
6. Ophelie Aspord (FRA) 1:58:43.1
7. Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) 1:58:44.4
8. Erika Villaecija (ESP) 1:58:49.5
9. Jana Pechanova (CZE) 1:58:52.8
10. Anna Guseva (RUS) 1:58:53.0
11. Melissa Gorman (AUS) 1:58:53.1
12. Karla Sitic (CRO) 1:58:54.7
13. Yumi Kida (JPN) 1:58:59.1
14. Yanel Pinto (VEN) 1:59:05.8
15. Natalia Charlos (POL) 1:59:58.7
16. Heidi Gan (MAS) 2:00:45.0
17. Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) 2:01:02.2
18. Zsofia Balazs (CAN) 2:01:17.8
19. Swann Oberson (SUI) 2:01:38.0
20. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HKG) 2:02:33.4
21. Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX) 2:02:46.1
22. Marianna Lymperta (GRE) 2:04:26.5
Poliana Okimoto (BRA) DNF
Jessica Roux (RSA) DNF
Yanqiao Fang (CHN) DNS

2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results

She finished 21st in the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Gold Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) 1:56:32.1
Silver Rachele Bruni (Italy) 1:56:49.5
Bronze: Poliana Okimoto (Brazil) 1:56:51.4
4. Xin Xin (China) 1:57:14.4
5. Haley Anderson (United States) 1:57:20.2
6. Isabelle Härle (Germany) 1:57:22.1
7. Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain) 1:57:23.9
8. Anastasia Krapivina (Russia) 1:57:25.9
9. Samantha Arevalo (Ecuador) 1:57:27.2
10. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) 1:57:29.0
11. Kalliopi Araouzou (Greece) 1:57:31.6
12. Yumi Kida (Japan) 1:57:35.2
13. Éva Risztov (Hungary) 1:57:42.8
14. Anna Olasz (Hungary) 1:57:45.5
15. Chelsea Gubecka (Australia) 1:58:12.7
16. Spela Perse (Slovenia) 1:58:59.6
17. Erika Villaecija (Spain) 1:59:04.8
18. Michelle Weber (South Africa) 1:59:05.0
19. Jana Pechanova (Czech Republic) 1:59:07.7
20. Paola Perez (Venezuela) 1:59:07.7
21. Heidi Gan (Malaysia) 1:59:07.9
22. Joanna Zachoszcz (Poland) 1:59:20.4
23. Stephanie Horner (Canada) 1:59:22.1
24. Vânia Neves (Portugal) 2:01:39.3
25. Reem Mohamed Husein Elsayed Kaseem (Egypt) 2:05:19.1
DSQ Aurélie Muller (France)

2016 Rio Olympic Games Marathon Swim Coverage

• Race Numbers Of The Female Olympic Marathon Finalists
• Women Appear To Start Slowly In 10K
• Copacabana Beach Is Mellow During Olympic 10K
• Bringing It Back Fast In The Olympic 10K
• Olympic 10K Is Swell
• It's Feeding Time On The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Support, Safety Personnel On The Olympic 10K Course
• Sharon Van Rouwendaal Leads Olympic 10K On Last Lap
• Sharon Van Rouwendaal Swim Brilliantly, Wins Olympic 10K
• Aurélie Muller Disqualified On Last Stroke Of Olympic 10K
• The Joy Of Winning The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Scenes From The Women's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Brazil's Poliana Okimoto Takes Long Road To Bronze
• Capturing The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim On Film
• Crushing Waves, Strong Currents In Copacabana Beach
• Rio Report Mixes Up Guanabara Bay, Copacabana Beach
• Connecting The Dots In The Open Water
• What To Look For At The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Testing Out The Copacabana 10K Course
• Congratulations Rio. Top Moments In The Olympic 10K
• Age Analysis Of Olympic Open Water Swimmers
• Will There Be 45 In Tokyo's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim?

External links

• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Rottnest Channel Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Rottnest Channel Swim Association
• Solo Records of the Rottnest Channel Swim Association
• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
• FINA World Championships
• Finalists in the Women's Olympic Marathon Swim
• Double Victory for Heidi Gan
• Fantastic Open Water Swimming In The SEA
• Hopes For Heidi, Games For Gan?
• London in Heidi's Sights
• Rhys Mainstone And Melissa Gorman, "This Surf Is My Turf"
• The Closest Open Water Race In History
• Top 10 10Kers at Australian Open Water Swimming Champs
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• Will Youth Be Served At Pan Pacific Championship 10K?
• Juniors And Seniors Mix In Maui
• Japan Is Right On, But What Were Others Thinking?!?