Jonathan Wall

Jonathan (Jon) Wall is a 54-year-old open water swimmer from Sydney, Australia. He swims with the Vladswim Squad under Vlad Mravec and Jai Di Tommaso.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 4 August 2025, he completed a 36.5 km crossing of the North Channel under escort of pilot David Hughes, starting from the Gobbins in Northern Ireland to near Portpatrick in Scotland, finishing in 15 hours 19 minutes at the age of 54.
He achieved the Australian Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with the following three marathon swims:
- 25 km Port to Pub on 20 March 2021 in Western Australia in 10 hours 21 minutes
- 24 km Palm-Shelley on 17 April 2021 in 7 hours 52 minutes
- 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Tasmania, Australia on the 12 January 2022 to achieve the Australian Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming at the age of 51 in 10 hours 38 minutes
He completed the 2020 Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 7 hours 25 minutes.
On the 18th July 2022 he completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 13 hours 14 minutes.
On the 17th January 2023 he became the first person to swim from the Bowen Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania to Bruny Island, Tasmania. He set a time of 8 hours 24 minutes for the 30.2 km swim.