Ilha Grande

59-year-old Flávio Toi with coach Samir Barel and Nick Fenzl after completing a 76 km circumnavigation swim around Ilha Grande

Ilha Grande is part of the Prison Island Swims (or the Triple Break or Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims that were nominated for the 2016 WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association in the category of World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

Ilha Grande is an island in Brazil located 2 km to the mainland. It was used as a penal colony between 1900 and 1990.

Open Water Swimming

• It is designated as a prison island swim and is part of the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims.
• It is site of the 11 km Ilha Grande/Foz do Rio Palmares Challenge.
• The Challenge is a 16 km marathon swim that starts at Freguesia de Santana and finishes at Pouso. It can be attempted as a solo swim or as a two-person relay, organized by the Big Island Swimming Association.
• The Island Escape is a 25 km marathon swim that starts in Lopes Mendes and finishes in Portogalo (Praia do Cazuza). It can be attempted as a solo swim or as a two-, three-, or four-person relay, organized by the Big Island Swimming Association.
• The Sheltered is a 37 km marathon swim that starts at Meros and finishes at Abraãozinho. It can be attempted as a solo swim or as a two-, three-, or four-person relay, organized by the Big Island Swimming Association. It is one of the World's Top 100 Island Swims.
• The Unsheltered is a 48 km marathon swim that starts at Aroeira and finishes at Longa. It can be attempted as a solo swim or as a two-, three-, or four-person relay, organized by the Big Island Swimming Association.
• The Complete is a 85 km circumnavigation swim around Ilha Grande that starts and finishes in Palmas. It can be attempted as a solo swim or as a two-, three-, or four-person relay, organized by the Big Island Swimming Association.
• The Ratto D'água team was a 3-person team from Niterói, Brazil with Alexandre Carvalho, Rafael Rocha, and Vitor Borges who completed a 76 km circumnavigation course around Ilha Grande on 16 October 16th 2022 in 26 hours 45 minutes 51 seconds.

Ilha Grande/Foz do Rio Palmares Challenge

The 11 km Ilha Grande/Foz do Rio Palmares Challenge, part of the Swimming by The Postcards Project (or Projeto Nadando Pelos Cartões Postais in Portuguese.

External links

• The Photographic Beauty Captured By Daniel Righetti
• Marcelo Figuerinho Blazes A Fast Ilha Grande Circumnavigation Swim
• Anjos D’água with Eric Nakumo, Wesley Dias, Marta Izo, Rodrigo Martins Complete Unprecedented Ilha Grande Circumnavigation Swim
• Open Water Swimming
• Monica Calderon Completes The Challenge in Ilha Grande
• Samir Barel Sets Record, Ana Carolina Morelli Shares Her Experience At Big Island Swim Challenge
• Ana Carolina Morelli Sets BISA Record
• Ilha Grande/Foz do Rio Palmares Challenge Completed By 8
• Sylvio Fernando Salles Overcomes Obstacles
• Triple Crown of Prison Escapes
• Shhhhh...Don't Tell Anyone About The Prison Break
• Strange But True 7-Hour Open Water Swim
• The Octad Of Open Water - Prison Island Swims
• Quite The Quatro, Swimming For Seven
• Nick Glendinning Breaks Out, Completes The Triple Break
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Jacques Tuset Makes Another Escape From Prison
• Jacques Tuset Breaks Out Of Prison...Again And Again
• Jacques Tuset Makes Another Escape To Shore
• Jacques Tuset, The Houdini Of The Open Water
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Nominees
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
• 2014 WOWSA Awards Nominees
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
• What A Performance In The Open Water
• Alexandr Brylin, Grigori Prokopchuk's Diomedes Swim Is 2014 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
• Open Water Swimming Around Bastøy Prison Island
• 3 Channels For Kizuna Enei Oudan Project
• Jacques Tuset Knocks Off 8 Ball
• Tanzania's Changuu Added To The Prison Island Swims
• Isola di Capraia In The Tuscan Archipelago
• Isola di Pianosa, Protected Marine Beauty
• Where Fred And Mary Swam, Others Follow
• Jacques Tuset, Nageur De L'extrême
• An Open Water Adventure From Île Saint-Joseph
• Jacques Tuset, Ned Denison, Jills Vanegas Escape Île St-Joseph
• 2016 WOWSA Awards Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees