Jaimie Monahan

Jaimie Monahan, inductee (Honor Swimmer) of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2018

Jaimie Monahan, inductee (Honor Swimmer) of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2019

Jaimie Monahan's Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming certificate

Jaimie Monahan in Manhattan under panoramic views, blue skies, silvery skyline and familiar waters

April Wong photo at The Olympic Club at the 2018 Open Water Summit and WOWSA Awards where Adrian Sarchet and James Harrison of Sea Donkey in Guernsey (World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year), Antonio Argüelles of Mexico (World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year), Jaimie Monahan of the USA (World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year), Margarita Llorens Bagur of Spain (World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year) were honored by the World Open Water Swimming Association in San Francisco, California on 10 November 2018

Jaimie Monahan was nominated for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association

Jaimie Monahan won the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, part of the WOWSA Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association

Jaimie Monahan before the 2017 Rose Pitonof Swim imaging what Rose Pitonof might have done in 1911

Jaimie Monahan was 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 and selected as the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Jaimie Monahan stepping into Paradise Harbour in Antarctica in 2015. Photo by Arik Thormahlen

Jaimie Monahan, Triple Crowner and winter swimmer

First International Vampire Swims in Cork, Ireland envisioned by Jaimie Monahan, Greg O’Connor, and Phil White

Jaimie Monahan is listed in the 2019 Guinness World Record book

Jaimie Monahan (born 11 August 1979) is a 41-year-old American winter swimmer, ice swimmer, marathon swimmer and Ice Ironwoman born in New York City. She is a a two time Guinness World Records holder, inductee of the International Marathon Swimming and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame and has enjoyed open water swimming everywhere from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle. She serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.

Honors

She was inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in the Class of 2018.
She won the 2016 Barra Award for Best Overall Year by the Marathon Swimmers Federation.
She won the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award from the World Open Water Swimming Association.
She was nominated for the Barra Award for Most Prolific Overall Year by the Marathon Swimmers Federation in 2017.
She won the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award from the World Open Water Swimming Association.
She won the 2017 Yudovin Award For Most Adventurous Swim from the Marathon Swimmers Federation for the first unassisted swim of the length of Lago Maggiore in Italy.
She was recognized by the Guinness World Records for being the first person to achieve the Ice Sevens Challenge.
She was nominated for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
She set two Guinness World Records in 2018: the Fastest Six Continents Swim and the First to Complete the Ice Sevens.
She was inducted in the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2019 as an Honor Swimmer.
She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2017 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2018 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
She completed the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming on 20 March 2015.
She was written about in the book Strong Like Her by Haley Shapley.
She is the Queen of Manhattan Island with 29 total circumnavigation swims in her career to date.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

She achieved the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in March 2015.
She represented the USA at the IISA 5th World Championship in Samoëns, France between 11-15 January 2023.
She is the first person in history to complete the Ice Sevens.
She is a seven time U.S. National Champion in Winter Swimming.
She is certified as an IISA Official Observer L1 as of 1 March 2022.
She is a two time age group World Champion in Ice Swimming under the International Ice Swimming Association
She was the first female Ice Zero Swimmer under the International Ice Swimming Association.
She has completed non-stop marathon swims up to 57-miles (91.6 km) and 33 hours in duration.
She became the 64th person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming when she completed the English Channel, Catalina Channel and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim.
She is a three-time member of the 24-hour Club.
She serves as President of the Lake Geneva Swim Association.
She is a race director of one of the Vampire Swims.
She is an Ice Ironwoman with her Ice Miles and completion of the 2008 Ironman triathlon in Louisville.
On 13 August 2009, she completed a 21-mile (32 km) English Channel solo crossing in 15 hours 55 minutes at the age of 30.
On 18 July 2009, she was the first female finisher for the Alcatraz 3.3-miles (5 km) Swim Around the Rock in 2 hour, 41 minutes
On 6 June 2009, she completed the 12-mile (20 km) Swim Around Key West solo circumnavigation swim in 6 hours 9 minutes, 36 seconds at the age of 29.
On 5 June 2010, she was the first female finisher for the 3.25-mile (5 km) Alcatraz Swim Around the Rock solo swim in 2 hours 1 minute 3 seconds
On 12 June 2010, she completed the 28.5-mile (46 km) Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 9 hours 9 minutes, 33 seconds at the age of 30.
On 3 May 2010, she was the first female finisher in the, 3-mile (5 km) Hellespont/Dardanelles Swim from Asia to Europe in 1 hour, 53 minutes (Lord Byron's Bicentennial Swim Crossing of the Hellespont)
On 13 August 2011, she completed a 17-mile (27 km) Rose Pitonof solo Centennial Swim in 6 hours 3 minutes 48 seconds at the age of 32.
On 10 September 2012, she completed a 20-mile (32 km) Catalina Channel solo crossing in 13 hours 28 minutes 21 seconds
On 18 August 2012, she completed a 17-mile (27 km) Rose Pitonof solo crossing in 5 hours 27 minutes 42 seconds
On 4 July 2012, she completed a 9-mile (14 km) Strait of Gibraltar solo crossing from Europe to Africa in 5 hours 27 minutes 42 seconds at the age of 33.
On 25 June 2012, she completed the 18.3-mile (29 km) 8 Bridges Stage 1 marathon swim in 7 hours 21 minutes
On 10 August 2013, she was the overall winner, 17-mile (27 km) Rose Pitonof swim from Manhattan to Coney Island in NYC in 5 hours 31 minutes 18 seconds
On 26-27 August 2015, she completed a 42-mile (69 km) solo marathon swim across Lake Geneva, Switzerland in 32 hours 52 minutes at the age of 36 to join the 24-Hour Club.
On 15 August 2015, she completed a 17-mile (27 km) Rose Pitonof solo marathon swim in 5 hours, 42 minutes at the age of 36.
On 20 June 2015, she completed a 36-mile (57.9 km) END-WET marathon swim down the Red River of the North in North Dakota in 11 hours 56 minutes at the age of 36.
On 3 July 2015, she completed the 18.6-mile (57.9 km) Stage 7: Liberty of 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim down the Hudson River in New York City in 6 hours 17 minutes.
On 7-8 September 2016, she completed a 31-mile (50 km) solo swim across Lake Como, Italy in 20 hours 29 minutes
On 31 August to 1 September 2016, she completed a 42.8-mile (69 km) solo marathon swim across Lake Geneva, Switzerland in 28 hours 36 minutes from Geneva to Château de Chillon at the age of 37 for the 24-Hour Club.
On 13 August 2016, she completed a 17-mile (27 km) Rose Pitonof solo crossing in 5 hours 1 minute at the age of 36.
On 6-7 August 2016, she completed the 32-mile (52 km) Lake George Marathon Swim in 21 hours 12 minutes at the age of 36.
On 23 July 2016, she completed a 17-mile (27 km) solo marathon swim around Lago d'Orta, Italy in 8 hours 38 minutes at the age of 36.
On 11 July 2016, she completed 22.5-mile (37 km) solo circumnavigation swim of Absecon Island, New Jersey Atlantic City Around the Island Swim in 13 hours 59 minutes at the age of 36.
On 7 May 2016, she completed 4.6-mile (7.5 km) swim from Isla de la Luna to Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia in 2 hours 23 minutes.
On 3 July 2016, she completed the 29.9 km stage of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in 6 hours 17 minutes at the age of 36.
On 1 October 2016, she completed the 45.8 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim around New York City in 8 hours 13 minutes 20 seconds at the age of 37.
On 6 April 2017, she completed a 2.5 mile (4 km) Strait of Magellan solo crossing in 1 hour 10 minutes at the age of 37.
On 2 June 2017, she completed the 20 km (13-mile) Mercer Island Marathon Swim in Washington in 8 hours 39 minutes at the age of 37.
On 11 July 2017, she completed a 25-mile (40 km) Lac Memphrémagog solo crossing (In Search of Memphre) in 14 hours 18 minutes at the age of 37.
On 28-29 July 2017, she won the inaugural 40 Bridges - Double Manhattan Island Swim of 57 miles (91.6 km) in 20 hours 12 minutes 6 seconds (8 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds in the first circumnavigation + 11 hours 36 minutes 28 seconds on the second circumnavigation) while setting the two-loop circumnavigation swim record at the age of 37.
On 6 August 2017, she completed the 14 km (8.7-mile) Thames Marathon from Henley-on-Thames to Marlow in 3 hours 12 minutes at the age of 37, finishing as the first non-wetsuit female, second non-wetsuit overall.
On 19 August 2017, she completed the 27.3 km Rose Pitonof Swim in New York in 5 hours 2 minutes at the age of 38.
On 28-29 August 2017, she completed a 40 mile (64 km) Lago Maggiore solo crossing in 24 hours 2 minutes at the age of 38.
On 14 October 2017, she completed a 15.2 km New York Bay swim from Verrazano Bridge to Marine Parkway in 3 hours 40 minutes as a test swim for Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers at the age of 38.
On 4 February 2018, she finished 6th in the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in 5:57:39.
On 24 June 2018, she completed a 12 mile/19 km New York Bay swim from the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island Pier (Buoy #6) in 4 hours 2 minutes as a test swim for Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers
She set a Guinness World Record for completing the Fastest Six Continents Swim
- Swim #1: South America: On August 13th 2018 from Pendales to Corales del Rosario National Park in Cartagena, Colombia. With observers Arik Thormahlen and Santiago Marin Piedrahita, and pilots Johnes Luis Pimentes Avila and Oscar Bedoya, Cartagena, Colombia, Monahan completed a 10.2 km swim in 5 hours 25 minutes 1 second in 30 - 32.7°C water.
- Swim #2: Oceana: On August 17th 2018 from Little Bay Beach to Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. With observer Vlad Mravec, pace swimmer Dean Summers, and kayaker Arik Thormahlen, Monahan completed a 10.5 km swim in 4 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds in 15°C water.
- Swim #3: Asia: On August 20th 2018 along the length of East Coast Park. With pilot-observer Kelvin Tan and kayaker Arik Thormahlen, Monahan completed a 10.5 km swim in 3 hours 27 minutes 13 seconds in 29°C water.
- Swim #4: Africa: On August 24th 2018 from Al'Mina Ash Sharqiyah Marina in Eastern Harbour to Beau Rivage Jetty in Alexandria, Egypt. With observer Ahmed Badawy, observer Adem Badawy, and kayaker Arik Thormahlen, Monahan completed a 10.5 km in 5 hours 21 minutes in 30°C water.
- Swim #5: Europe: On August 24th 2018 from Lausanne, Switzerland to Evian-les-Bains, France. With event organizer Tim Davies and kayaker Arik Thormahlen, Monahan completed the 13 km Geneva Classic in Lake Geneva in 4 hours 50 minutes in 20°C water.
- Swim #6: North America: On August 28th 2018 around Manhattan Island. With observer Janine Serell, escort boat pilot Sean Makofsky, and kayaker Arik Thormahlen, Monahan completed the 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island starting and ending at Pier A in 9 hours 43 minutes.
She finished 22nd overall in the Ice Kilometer at the 3rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship held in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019 at the age of 40.
She swam around Manhattan Island 4 consecutive times in a 183 km Quadruple Manhattan Swim in 45 hours 24 minutes on 18-20 September 2020.

Manhattan Island Circumnavigation Swims

Monahan has completed 29 45.9 km circumnavigation swims around Manhattan Island over her career as of 4 October 2020 in her Mannahatta Project:

#29 circumnavigation swim: 4 October 2020 in 8 hours 37 minutes 50 seconds starting at Pier A
#28 circumnavigation swim: 3 October 2020 in 8 hours 43 minutes 41 seconds starting at Pier A
#27 circumnavigation swim: 19-20 September 2020 in 11 hours 2 minutes 38 seconds starting at Pier A, part of 45 hour 24 minute Quadruple Manhattan Swim
#26 circumnavigation swim: 19 September 2020 in 12 hours 49 minutes 22 seconds starting at Pier A, part of 45 hour 24 minute Quadruple Manhattan Swim
#25 circumnavigation swim: 18-19 August 2020 in 12 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds starting at Pier A, part of 45 hour 24 minute Quadruple Manhattan Swim
#24 circumnavigation swim: 18 September 2020 in 9 hours 32 minutes 30 seconds starting at Pier A, part of 45 hour 24 minute Quadruple Manhattan Swim
#23 circumnavigation swim: 6 September 2020 in 9 hours 18 minutes 31 seconds starting at Pier A
#22 circumnavigation swim: 5 September 2020 in 8 hours 47 minutes 0 seconds starting at Pier A
#21 circumnavigation swim: 23 August 2020 in 8 hours 24 minutes 31 seconds starting at Pier A
#20 circumnavigation swim: 22 August 2020 in 8 hours 13 minutes 14 seconds starting at Pier A
#19 circumnavigation swim: 21 August 2020 in 8 hours 20 minutes 59 seconds starting at Pier A
#18 circumnavigation swim: 20 August 2020 in 8 hours 0 minute 30 seconds starting at Pier A
#17 circumnavigation swim: 19 August 2020 in 8 hours 4 minutes 47 seconds starting at Pier A
#16 circumnavigation swim: 18 August 2020 in 8 hours 26 minutes 52 seconds starting at Pier A
#15 circumnavigation swim: 17 August 2020 in 8 hours 51 minutes 31 seconds starting at Pier A
#14 circumnavigation swim: 6 August 2020 in 9 hours 9 minutes 41 seconds starting at Pier A
#13 circumnavigation swim: 2 August 2020 in 9 hours 10 minutes 42 seconds starting at Pier A
#12 circumnavigation swim: 25 July 2020 in 8 hours 53 minutes 25 seconds starting at Pier A
#11 circumnavigation swim: 29 September 2019 in 7 hours 53 minutes 3 seconds starting at Pier A
#10 circumnavigation swim: 15 September 2019 in 9 hours 10 minutes 51 seconds starting at Pier A
#9 circumnavigation swim: 11 August 2019 in 8 hours 38 minutes 9 seconds starting at Mill Rock
#8 circumnavigation swim: 3 August 2019 in 8 hours 24 minutes 0 seconds starting at Pier A
#7 circumnavigation swim: 14 July 2019 in 8 hours 20 minutes 0 seconds starting at Mill Rock
#6 circumnavigation swim: 6 July 2019 in 8 hours 45 minutes 0 seconds starting at Pier A
#5 circumnavigation swim: 28 August 2018 in 9 hours 43 minutes starting at Pier A
#4 circumnavigation swim: 28 July 2017 in 8 hours 35 minutes 23 seconds starting at Pier A
#3 circumnavigation swim: 29 July 2017 in 11 hours 36 minutes 28 seconds starting at Pier A
#2 circumnavigation swim: 1 October 2016 in 8 hours 12 minutes 20 seconds starting at Pier A
#1 circumnavigation swim: 12 June 2010 in 9 hours 9 minutes 33 seconds starting at North Cove

Ice Miles

She has completed 9 Ice Miles over the course of her career until June 2018:
- On 2 April 2016 in Reykjavík, Iceland in 3.70°C water, she swam 1.00 mile in 35 minutes 0 seconds in the Atlantic Ocean.
- On 18 December 2016 in Tyumen, Russia in -0.03°C water (with a wind chill of -31.00°C), she swam 1.03 miles in 30 minutes 20 seconds in an ice pool in freshwater lake.
- On 13 February 2017 in Aguelmame Sidi Ali Lake. Morocco in 4.90°C water (with a wind chill of -0.50°C), she swam 1.02 miles in 32 minutes 18 seconds in a freshwater mountain lake.
- On 4 March 2017 in Mikkelvik Brygge, Karlsøy, Iceland in 2.37°C water (with a wind chill of -3.50°C), she swam 1.11 miles in 32 minutes 9 seconds in the sea.
- On 9 March 2017 in M Street Beach, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 4.63°C water, she swam 1.01 miles in 26 minutes 16 seconds in the Atlantic Ocean.
- On 15 May 2017 in Tasman Lake on Aoraki / Mount Cook in New Zealand in 2.37°C water, she swam 1.14 miles in 26 minutes 44 seconds in a freshwater glacier lake.
- On 2 July 2017 in Los Cauquenes Resort Beach on the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina in 4.77°C water, she swam 1.13 miles in 29 minutes 5 seconds in the ocean.
- On 6 March 2018 in Paradise Harbour, Antarctica in 0.57°C water, she swam 1.01 miles in 30 minutes 49 seconds in a saltwater harbor with icebergs and glaciers.
- On 10 June 2018 in Ilulissat Harbour, Greenland in 2.43°C water, she swam 1.10 miles in 29 minutes 40 seconds in a sea harbor.

Winter Swimming

In 2017, she became the first person in history to complete the Ice Sevens, a mile below 5°C under International Ice Swimming Association rules on all 7 continents including a polar mile and ice zero mile.
She was the first female Ice Zero Swimmer under the International Ice Swimming Association, completing a mile at zero degree water temperature and -30°C air temperature in Tyumen, Siberia, Russia.
In January 2017, she competed in the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany in the 1 km ice kilometer, 500m, 200m and 50m freestyle.
She was the 2016 female winner of the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup.
She is a 7-time US National Champion in Winter Swimming.
In December 2016, she completed a 2 km swim in 6°C water and 0°C air temperature in 37 minutes in Tyumen, Siberia, Russia.
She competed in the 2016 United States Winter Swimming Association National Championships in the 200m freestyle on 30 January in New York City in 1.2°C (34.3°F) water of the La Marina venue in the Hudson River.
She competed in the 2016 Big Chill Swim International Winter Swimming Association World Cup in Windermere, England in 6.4°C (43.5°F) water.
She competed in the 2016 Pirita Open in Estonia in 1°C water.
She competed in the 2016 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on 5-6 March 2016.
In December 2016, she completed a 1650m Ice Zero Mile at 0°C water and -30°C air temperature in 30 minutes 20 seconds in Tyumen, Siberia, Russia.
She won her age group (30-34) in the inaugural 2015 1000m Ice Swimming World Championship in Lake Semenovskoe in Murmansk, Russia held on March 20th in 0.8ºC water.
She finished first in the 450-meter freestyle for women's 30-39 age group at the 2015 Russian Winter Swimming Championships in Murmansk, Russia.
She swam at zero degrees at Paradise Bay, Antarctica before heading to Russia to swim in Murmansk and completing swims in both the Arctic and Antarctic in the same week in 2015.
She was the 2015 US women's champion in the 25 meter breaststroke during the inaugural 2015 United States Winter Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on 21-22 February 2015.
She participated in all 4 events at the 2015 United States Winter Swimming Championships winning 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals.
She was the overall winner of the 300 meter Daming Lake swim at the 2015 Jinan International Winter Swimming Festival.
She represented the US in Unir el Mundo's 1st annual 2014 International Winter Swimming Festival Argentina.
She competed at the 2014 Winter Swimming World Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland.
On 11 February 2018, she finished 3rd in the 200m freestyle, 2nd in the 25m breaststroke, 3rd in the 50m freestyle, 2nd in the 25m breaststroke, won the 25m freestyle, and won the 25m butterfly at the United States Winter Swimming National Championships on 11 February 2018 at the New York City Aquarium Education Hall in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.
She is a member of the board of directors of the International Ice Swimming Association.
She won the 40-44 year category on the 2018-2019 International Winter Swimming Association World Cup series that included the 10th Jelgavas Roņi Cup, the Bled Winter Swimming World Cup, the Skellefteå Dark & Cold, and the Petrozavodsk Russian Open Championships.

Ice Sevens

On 2 July 2017, Monahan completed the first documented Ice Sevens in history with the following Ice Miles:

1 in Europe on 2 April 2016 in Reykjavík, Iceland in 3.70°C water (3°C wind chill + 5.6°C air) in 35 minutes 0 seconds in the sea with 12 km/hr wind speed
2 in Asia (Ice Zero Mile) on 18 December 2016 in Tyumen, Russia in -0.03°C water (-31°C wind chill + air) in 30:20 in an ice pool cut into a frozen lake
3 in Africa on 13 February 2017 in Aguelmame Sidi Ali Lake, Morocco in 4.9°C water (-0.5°C wind chill + 3°C air) in 32:18 in a mountain lake with 14 km/hr wind speed
4 within Arctic Circle on 4 March 2017 in Mikkelvik Brygge, Karlsøy, Norway in 2.37°C water (-3.5°C air) in 32:09 in the sea with 4 km/hr wind speed
5 in North America on 9 March 2017 at M Street Beach, Boston, USA in 4.63°C water (6.1°C wind chill + 9°C air) in 26:16 in the sea with 20 km/hr wind speed
6 in Oceania on 15 May 2017 in Tasman Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand in 2.37°C water (14°C air) in 26:44 in a glacier lake
7 in South America on 2 July 2017 in Ushuaia, Argentina in 4.76°C water (5.9°C air) in 29:05 in the Beagle Channel

2020 WOWSA Awards

She was nominated for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association with the following nomination: Jaimie Monahan barrels on swimming longer and colder, all with a wide smile and many words of heartfelt gratitude for her escort team. The 41-year-old from New York continues to be able to push herself further and further into the extreme, while always staying humble and ever adventurous. In a shortened 2020 swim season she modified her usual globetrotting schedule and swam closer to home. She completed an incredible total of 18 circumnavigation swims around Manhattan Island, including history's first Quadruple Manhattan Swim, a 184 km solo swim in 45 hours 24 minutes. She remains ready to help others, giving practical advice and inspirational messages to others, serving as one of the most accessible icons in the sport of marathon swimming, winter swimming and ice swimming. For completing twenty-nine 45.9 km circumnavigation swims around Manhattan Island over her career that has no sign of slowing, for pushing the limits with her local Mannahatta Project that complements her career of completing the Ice Sevens, 9 Ice Miles and dozens of marathon swims around the world, and for becoming the Queen of Manhattan despite a year of limited opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jaimie Monahan is a worthy nominee for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.

2018 WOWSA Awards

She was nominated for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association with the following nomination: Jaimie Monahan was literally everywhere, doing everything, in the open water world during 2018. After a year in which she became the first person to complete the Ice Sevens Challenge under the rules of International Ice Swimming Association setting her first Guinness World Record, she completed the 15 km Cold Half Marathon Swim in Hong Kong, a 18.5 km New York Bay swim, and the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim in New York at the end of a 16-day global tour where she completed 6 marathon swims in South America (Colombia in 32°C water), Oceania (Australia in 15°C water), Asia (Singapore in 29°C water), Africa (Egypt in 30°C water), Europe (Switzerland to France in 20°C water) to set her second Guinness World Record. She also took the time to complete 2 Ice Miles in Paradise Harbour in Antarctica (in 0.57°C water) and Ilulissat Harbour in Greenland (in 2.43°C water) and help administer the Lake Geneva Swimming Association. For her impressive versatility in competing in ice swims and warm-water marathons, for balancing a full-time job with a non-stop globetrotting swimming itinerary, and for her efforts as a charismatic ambassador for open water swimming in all forms, Jaimie Monahan of the USA is a worthy nominee for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.

2017 WOWSA Awards

She was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association:

1. Katherine Batts (Great Britain)
2. Dr. Caroline Block (USA)
3. Arianna Bridi (Italy)
4. Chloë McCardel (Australia)
5. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
6. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA)
7. Ludmila Maller (Russia)
8. Jaimie Monahan (USA)
9. Aurélie Muller (France)
10. Barbara Pozzobón (Italy)
11. Sarah Thomas (USA)
12. Julia Wittig (Germany)

Monahan was nominated for and was selected as the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Her nomination read: Jaimie Monahan seemed to be everywhere, doing everything, in the open water world in 2017. Her presence was ubiquitous around the globe, from cold to warm temperatures, short to long distances, calm to rough conditions. In addition to doing six major marathon swims (winning the 40 Bridges Double Manhattan Island 92 km swim with a new course record of 20 hours 12 minutes, pioneering the first recorded 64 km Lago Maggiore crossing in 24 hours 2 minutes, 40 km Lac Memphrémagog, 27 km Rose Pitonof Swim, 20 km Mercer Island Marathon Swim and a 4 km Strait of Magellan crossing), the 38-year-old completed the world's first Ice Sevens Challenge under the International Ice Swimming Association – performing Ice Miles under 5°C in Morocco, Norway, Boston, New Zealand, and Argentina in addition to being a top-ranked swimmer on the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup circuit with races in Latvia, Russia, China, and England. For her impressive versatility in competing in ice swims and warm-water marathons, for balancing a full-time job with a non-stop globetrotting swimming itinerary, and for her efforts as a charismatic ambassador for open water swimming in all forms, Jaimie Monahan is a worthy nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.

2016 WOWSA Awards

Monahan was nominated for and was selected as the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Her nomination read: "Jaimie Monahan seemed ubiquitous around the globe, certainly among the world's most prolific swimmers. In addition to winning the International Winter Swimming Association's World Cup and competing in Latvia, Russia, United Kingdom, China, Sweden, and Estonia, she completed marathon swims around Manhattan Island, across Italy's Lake Como, across Switzerland's Lake Geneva, in the Rose Pitonof Swim, across New York's Lake George, around Italy's Lago d'Orta, around New Jersey's Absecon Island, down the Hudson River, and in Bolivia's Lake Titicaca. She also did an Ice Mile in Iceland and serves as the President of the Lake Geneva Swimming Association despite leading a professional services firm in New York. For her impressive versatility in competing in ice-water sprints and warm-water marathons, for balancing a full-time job and a globetrotting swimming itinerary, and for her relentlessly genuine efforts to serve as a charismatic ambassador for marathon swimming and winter swimming, Jaimie Monahan is a worthy nominee for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year."

Jaimie Monahan Award

Monahan is the namesake for the Jaimie Monahan Award given by the Lake Geneva Swimming Association for its most exceptional swim of the year.

International Ice Swimming Championship

Monahan finished first (18:23.52) in her age group (35-39) at the 2015 inaugural 1000m International Ice Swimming Championship in Lake Semenovskoe in Murmansk, Russia in 0.8ºC under the auspices of the International Ice Swimming Association.

USWSA National Championships

Monahan won the 2016 United States Winter Swimming Association National Championships in both the women's 25 breaststroke and 50 breaststroke on 30 January in New York City in 1.2°C (34.3°F) water of the La Marina venue in the Hudson River.

2015 Year

Monahan completed the following swims in 2015:

Length of Lake Geneva 69 km (42.8 miles) in 32 hours, 52 minutes. Second woman, second overall, and first in 16 years to complete this swim.
END-WET Swim, Red River, North Dakota. 36 miles (58 km) in 11 hours 56 minutes.
Rose Pitonof Swim, New York City. 17 miles (27.3 km) in 5 hours 36 minutes.
Swam at 0°C in Antarctica and the Arctic Circle in the same week
Won her age group at the inaugural 1 km Ice Swimming World Championships in Murmansk, Russia
Represented the USA at swim events in China, Bermuda, Argentina, Russia, Switzerland, Latvia, and Morocco

2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships

Monahan competed in multiple races at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships sanctioned by the International Ice Swimming Association, including the ice kilometer race in Burghausen, Germany.

2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women

Monahan was named to the 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The women are listed below, alphabetically by last name:

1. Patti Bauernfeind, marathon/channel/relay swimmer from the USA
2. Carina Bruwer, marathon/channel/charity event swimmer from South Africa
3. Charlotte Brynn, marathon/channel/ice swimmer and coach from New Zealand/USA
4. Jessie Campbell, ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
5. Kimberley Chambers, marathon/channel/extreme/cross-border swimmer from New Zealand/USA
6. Devon Clifford, marathon/open water swimmer from the USA
7. Jackie Cobell, channel/extreme/ice swimmer from Great Britain
8. Lorna Cochran, open water swimmer from South Africa
9. Olive Conroy, ice/winter swimmer from Ireland
10. Anna DeLozier, ice/winter swimmer from the USA
11. Beth French, channel swimmer from Great Britain
12. Elizabeth Fry, marathon/channel swimmer and event organizer from USA
13. Pat Gallant-Charette, channel/marathon swimmer from the USA
14. Pilar Geijo, professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
15. Ines Hahn, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Germany
16. Jessi Harewicz, marathon/channel swimmer from Canada
17. Mariel Hawley Dávila, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
18. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, winter/extreme swimmer from Chile
19. Bridgette Hobart, event organizer and marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
20. Elaine Howley, marathon/charity/ice swimmer and writer from the USA
21. Linda Kaiser, channel swimmer, advisor and administrator from the USA
22. Lori King, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
23. Tita Llorens, marathon/channel swimmer from Spain
24. Marcy MacDonald, DPM, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
25. Elina Makïnen, ice/winter swimmer from Finland
26. Angela Maurer, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from Germany
27. Chloë McCardel, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Australia
28. Tiffany McQueen, ocean/marathon swimmer from the USA
29. Sally Minty-Gravett, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Great Britain (Jersey)
30. Jaimie Monahan, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
31. Nuala Moore, marathon/ice swimmer, second, author and lecturer from Ireland
32. Victoria Mori, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
33. Tina Neill, marathon/channel/backstroker/extreme relay swimmer from the USA
34. Anna-Carin Nordin, Oceans Seven/ice swimmer from Sweden
35. Renata Nováková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
36. Magda Okurková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
37. Penny Palfrey, channel/marathon/extreme swimmer from Australia
38. Ranie Pearce, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
39. Cheryl Reinke, marathon swimmer from the USA
40. Charlotte Samuels, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
41. Susan Simmons, marathon swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis from Canada
42. Kate Steels-Fryatt, polar ice miler and ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
43. Sarah Thomas, marathon/extreme swimmer from the USA
44. Nora Toledano Cadena, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
45. Natalie du Toit, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from South Africa
46. Wendy Trehiou, marathon/channel swimmer from Great Britain (Jersey)
47. Wendy Van De Sompele, marathon swimmer and administrator from the USA
48. Samantha Whelpton, winter/ice swimmer from South Africa
49. Sabrina Wiedmer, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from Switzerland
50. Julia Wittig, ice/winter swimmer from Germany

Swimming with Shivers

She wrote a story for Swimming With Shivers, a book co-authored by Claire Bunker-Fellingham and Gary Standen about true stories from, by and about open water swimmers doing cold water swimming, winter swimming, and ice swimming. The stories in Swimming with Shivers are from, by and about Carl Atkinson, Deborah Banks, Ram Barkai, Jo Barkwith, Andy Bennett, Katie Blair, Sylvia Bland, Gideon Bright, Claire Bunker-Fellingham, Judith Charman, Sze-Ming Cheung, Chillswim, Tracy Clark, David Coleman, Phil Coombe, Talbott Crowell, Ned Denison, Nick Dorey, Dryrobe, Ros Edmonds, Rory Fitzgerald, Daniel Gilmore, Will Glendinning, Gone Swimming, Rebecca Goodson, Julie Gregory, Shaun Hales, Happy Cold Swimming, Louise Hazelton, Colin Hill, Elaine Howley, International Ice Swimming Association, Roni Jelgavas, Mark Johansen, Jody Jones, Ele Jump, Ger Kennedy, Ivan Lewis, Julie Lloyd, Jules McRobbie, Sally Minty-Gravett MBE, Steven Munatones, Diane Murphy Weaver, Jim Nyberg, Barry O'Connor, Outdoor Swimmer, Simon Parkin, Lisa Peake, Kevin Proctor, Jane Saycet, Val Smith, Fergal Somerville, Jodi Songhurst, Gary Standen, Lucy Stansfield, Kate Steels-Fryatt, Swimming With Smiles Book, Tidal Wave Fitness, Jonty Warneken, Karen Weir, Haydn Welch, Samantha Whelpton, Emily Whittaker, and Nicola Wood.

Ted Talks

Do something everyday that scares you by Jaimie Monahan at TEDxAkita International University in Japan

Marathon Swim Stories

She appeared with Shannon House Keegan on Marathon Swim Stories.

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