Jenny Fitzgerald
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Better Late Than Never with Adrian Follain, Jenny Fitzgerald, Martin Powell, Fay de Gruchy, John Asplet, and Chantelle Rose who were escorted by pilot Matt Clarke of Lionheart Pilotage
Jenny Fitzgerald is a British open water swimmer from Jersey.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She was a member of Better Late Than Never, a relay team that pioneered a two-way crossing between Jersey and France on 3 July 2017 in 16 hours 7 minutes. Swimmers Adrian Follain, Jenny Fitzgerald, Martin Powell, Fay de Gruchy, John Asplet, and Chantelle Rose were escorted by pilot Matt Clarke of Lionheart Pilotage. They swam from Jersey to France in 7 hours 57 minutes.
- She serves as the Honorary Secretary of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club in Jersey.
- She completed the Jersey to France solo swim in 9 hours 45 minutes in 2012 under the auspices of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club.
- She serves as the Secretary of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club.
- She is a member of The Jersey Ladies' marathon swimming relay team that competed in the Holidays for Heroes Round Jersey competition in 2016 together with Sarah-Jane Jones, Tracy Appleton, Ali Wood, Leigh Chaytor, and Jo Pullman, finishing in 9 hours 51 minutes.
- On 21 April 2019, she completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 4 hours 25 minutes together with Nathan Payas from Gibraltar, Ravi Sandesh from India, and Prabhat Koli from India.
External links
- Better Late Than Never News
- Matthew Clarke, Busy in the Channel Islands
- Denize le Pennec Kicked Off Something Special Around Jersey
- Prabhat Koli, 6 Down, 1 To Go In The Oceans Seven
- All For One, One For All Round Jersey
- Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club
- Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club Was Tickled Pink
- Royal Time During Round Jersey Relay
- Round Jersey Military Relay Race
- Battle Round Jersey For Holidays For Heroes
- 31160 Reasons To Round Jersey
- Military Execution In The Holidays For Hero's Swim
- British Army Defends Title In Holidays For Heroes
- Triathlons Harder Than Channel Swimming or Just Different?
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- I Got Stung
