Julie Boxsell

Julie Boxsell is a 53-year-old Australian open water swimmer from Aitkenvale, Queensland.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

She will compete in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona on 23-26 April 2025.
She achieved the Australian Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with the following three marathon swims:
- 25 km Port to Pub on 20 March 2021
- 24 km Palm-Shelley on 17 April 2021
- 34 km Derwent on 30 January 2022 in 9 hours 45 minutes
She competed in the Swim Around Keppel event, a 20 km circumnavigation swim around Great Keppel Island in Queensland, Australia held on 15 August 2020, finishing in 6 hours 28 minutes.
She completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel between Santa Catalina Island and the Southern California mainland in 2022 in 13 hours 16 minutes.
On 14 July 2023, she completed the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City, escorted by Alex Arévalo in 9 hours 25 minutes.
She completed a 29.6 km tandem swim with Tara Grout on the Derwent River in Tasmania on 6 February 2024 in 9 hours 53 minutes 15 seconds at the age of 53.