Mariel Hawley
Mariel Hawley Dávila is a pool and open water swimmer from Mexico City. She lives in Mexico City with her children Eduardo and Andrea.
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Professional Career
- She is a lawyer and a motivational speaker.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On August 2022, she completed the first SwimÖresund, a 21 km crossing across the Öresund strait between Denmark and Sweden, starting on Bellevue Beach in Denmark and finishes at Lundåkrabukten in Sweden in 8 hours 59 minutes.
- She swam 32.3 km across the Catalina Channel on 25 August 2012 to become the first Mexican woman to complete this channel crossing. With this crossing, she became the first Mexican woman to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming (Triple Corona).
- She was the second Mexican woman to achieve the Oceans Seven on 30 March 2019.
- She was selected as the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
- She serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.
- She wrote a book on open water swimming called Días Azules (English translation of Kindle edition: Water Days).
- On 6 June 2009, she completed a 45.9 km circumnavigation of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim to benefit the Quiero Sonreír foundation at the age of 41. Quiero Sonreír raises funds for surgeries or medical treatments for Mexican low-income children with cleft lip and palate, as well as oncological treatments for children with cancer and other diseases.
- On 12 November 2016, she finished 7th in the 22 km Reto Acapulco in Mexico in 7 hours 12 minutes at the age of 48.
- She attempted a crossing of the Tsugaru Channel on 28 September 2016, but abandoned the swim after 5 hours due to the deteriorating conditions and strong winds.
- She is part of the fastest four-way English Channel relay, Sport City who included Hawley, Jorge Urreta, 55-year-old Luis Pineyro, 48-year-old Omar Díaz González, 38-year-old Alejandro Moreno, 26-year-old Mayalen Noriega, supported by coach Rodolfo Aznar and Dr. Alexander Kormanovsky.
- She participated in the 25 km Swim Across The Sound marathon swim in Connecticut in 2014, her charity swim to benefit Quiero Sonreír.
- She participated in the 7.9 km 3 hour 3 minute Pan-American Colibrí Swim, a cross-border swim and charity swim to raise awareness and funds for the Colibri Center for Human Rights in the Pacific Ocean from Imperial Beach near San Diego, California, USA to Tijuana, Mexico held on 5 May 2017.
- She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
- She won the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Award.
- On 2 July 2015, she finished 12th in the 28.1 km Ederle Swim in New York.
- On 19 October 2019, she completed the 32 km Los Cabos Open Water Swim in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in 10 hours 14 minutes 42 seconds.
- On 9 November 2019, she finished 6th in the 22 km Reto Acapulco in Mexico in 7 hours 10 minutes 24 seconds at the age of 51.
- She organized the Corazón de Mar Bahía de Banderas, 10 km and 34 km marathon swims along the Pacific coast of Mexico across the Banderas Bay. A 34 km swim that she completed in 9 hours 14 minutes on 24 October 2020 at the age of 52.
- On 10 June 2021, she completed a 19 km crossing of the Cozumel Channel in the Gulf of Mexico in 7 hours 23 minutes.
Oceans Seven
- She completed crossings of all seven of the Oceans Seven channels including the 33.5 km English Channel, the 32.3 km Catalina Channel, the 14.9 km Strait of Gibraltar, the 42 km Molokai Channel, the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel, the 35 km North Channel, and the 23 km Cook Strait.
- On 12 August 2011, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 14 hours 33 minutes under the guidance of pilot Michael Oram at the age of 43.
- On 25 August 2012, she crossed the 32.3 km Catalina Channel in 11 hours 27 minutes under the auspices of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation at the age of 44.
- On 18 August 2013, she finished 12th in the 28.1 km Ederle Swim from Battery Park from Manhattan Island to Sandy Hook, New Jersey in 5 hours 50 minutes 6 seconds at the age of 45.
- On 2 July 2015, she crossed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain in 4 hours 23 minutes in 2015, her charity swim to benefit Quiero Sonreír at the age of 47.
- On 10 July 2017, Hawley completed a tandem swim across the Molokai Channel in 14 hours 28 minutes with Nora Toledano at the age of 49.
- On 1 July 2018, she completed a crossing of the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in a tandem swim with Nora Toledano in 6 hours 20 minutes 52 seconds at the age of 50.
- On 20 August 2018, Hawley completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 13 hours 14 minutes at the age of 50.
- On 30 March 2019, Hawley completed a 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait from the North Island to the South Island in New Zealand in 11 hours 45 minutes to achieve the Oceans Seven.
Sport City English Channel 4-way Crossing
Sport City included Mariel Hawley, Jorge Urreta, 55-year-old Luis Pineyro, 48-year-old Omar Díaz González, 38-year-old Alejandro Moreno, 26-year-old Mayalen Noriega, supported by coach Rodolfo Aznar and Dr. Alexander Kormanovsky.
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Pan-American Colibrí Swim
The Pan-American Colibrí Swim is a cross-border swim by a group of ocean swimmers from five nations with the purpose to raise awareness and funds for the Colibri Center for Human Rights in the Pacific Ocean between Imperial Beach near San Diego, California, USA and finishing at Playas de Tijuana in Tijuana, Mexico on 5 May 2017, starting near the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. Its members include Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand), Oded Rahav (Israel), Jean Craven (South Africa), Antonio Argüelles, (Mexico), Nicolene Steynberg (South Africa), Rene Martínez Saenz (Mexico), Ben Enosh (Israel), Ryan Nelson (USA), Melissa King (USA), Kamini Moodley (South Africa), Neil Macaskill (South Africa), Luc Chetboun (Israel), Nora Toledano (Mexico), Mariel Hawley Dávila (Mexico), Dan Simonelli (USA), and Ben Enosh (USA/Israel). They will be supported and escorted by escort kayakers Billy Carlson (USA), Matt Donoghue (USA), Haden Ware (USA), Anna Lopez and the Out of the Boat Team (Mexico), Kala Sherman-Presser (USA), Tom Hecker (USA), and Kevin Eslinger (USA).
Videos
The 10 km Pan-American Colibrí Swim, a cross-border swim and charity swim in the Pacific Ocean from Imperial Beach near San Diego, California, USA to Playas de Tijuana in Tijuana, Mexico on 5 May 2017.
Nora Toledano and Mariel Hawley completing a record-setting tandem swim across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in Japan in 6 hours 20 minutes on 2 July 2018.
2020 WOWSA Awards
She was nominated for the 2020 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year category with the following nomination: For years through her marathon swims and channel crossings, attorney and author Mariel Hawley Dávila has been raising money for Quiero Sonreír to fund surgeries for Mexican children with cleft lips and palate, paying for oncological treatments for children with cancer, working with women in jail, and promoting health via Mexicanos Activos. Her selflessness and widespread charitable work has touched many people. She swims, she works, she writes, and she is a working mother who had to struggle on after the death of her husband in 2015. But after achieving the Oceans Seven, the 52-year-old continues on. She was one of the first to complete the 32 km Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium Swim in 10 hours 14 minutes. For establishing a new swim called the Cruce de Bahía de Banderas and pioneering a new 34 km course in the Pacific Ocean in 9 hours 14 minutes, for organizing a shorter 10 km Corazón de Mar Bahía de Banderas event to help expand the sport, and for being a strong, resilient, selfless mother in face of adversity, unexpected obstacles and challenges, Mariel Hawley Dávila is a worthy nominee for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
2019 WOWSA Awards
She won the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Award. Her nomination was as follows: For years through her marathon swims and channel crossings, attorney Mariel Hawley Dávila has been raising money for Quiero Sonreír to fund surgeries for Mexican children with cleft lips and palate, paying for oncological treatments for children with cancer, working with women in jail, and promoting health via Mexicanos Activos. Her selflessness and widespread charitable works are constants in her life. She swims, she works, she writes, and she is a working mother who had to struggle on after the death of her husband in 2015. But she continued channel swimming and ultimately achieved the Oceans Seven with a 23 km Cook Strait crossing in 11 hours 45 minutes as well as a 32 km Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium in 10 hours 14 minutes in Mexico. For publishing her first English-language book Like the Heart of the Sea: Always at Peace and her initial book Días Azules about her marathon swimming exploits, for completing her long Oceans Seven journey in triumph across the Cook Strait on the same day as did her close friend and coach, and for being a strong, resilient, selfless mother in face of adversity, unexpected obstacles and seemingly insurmountable challenges, Mariel Hawley Dávila is a worthy nominee for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
Hawley 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/channel/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
Oceans Seven Swimmers
1st: Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
2nd: Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden)
3rd: Michelle Macy (USA)
4th: Darren Miller (USA)
5th: Adam Walker (UK)
6th: Kimberly Chambers (New Zealand)
7th: Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
8th: Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia/Ireland)
9th: Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
10th: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
11th: Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
12th: Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
13th: Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
14th: Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
15th: Mariel Hawley Dávila (Mexico)
16th: André Wiersig (Germany)
17th: Liz Fry (USA)
18th: Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
19th: Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
20th: Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)
21st: Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
External links
- 18 Years In The Making: Stephen Junk Achieves The Oceans Seven
- Kieron Palframan Achieves The Oceans Seven
- When Will The English Channel Relay Records Be Broken Again?
- SwimÖresund
- SwimÖresund Launches new Channel Crossing from Denmark to Sweden
- The Mexican 20,000m High Altitude Workout
- The Growth Of Open Water Swimming In Latin America
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Crossing The Colorful Cozumel Channel
- Jaime Lomelin, Arturo Huante Complete The Los Cabos Open Water Aquarium
- Compete and Cheer, But Don't Converse and Coordinate?!?
- WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year
- Los Cabos Open Water, The Acuarium Swim
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Describes Corazón de Mar Bahía de Banderas On WOWSA Live
- New Marathon Swims Of Corazón de Mar Bahía de Banderas
- Ned Denison Explains About Marathon Swimming Mentors on WOWSA Live
- Reading, Not Racing. A Library Of Open Water Swimming Books
- The State of Female Opportunities In Sport In The U.S.
- Seven Summits’ Karla Wheelock And Oceans Seven’s Mariel Hawley Dávila On WOWSA Live
- Without Great Solitude, No Serious Work Is Possible
- 2019 WOWSA Award Winners Announced
- Travesía Interminable Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Gulf Of Finland Relay Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees
- Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya
- Los Cabo Open Water Acuarium, Done By Mariel Hawley
- Attila Mányoki Completes Oceans Seven With A North Channel Crossing
- 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- Pan-American Colibrí Swim Crosses Borders
- Nado Panamericano Colibrí By Mariel Hawley
- Pan-American Colibri Crossing
- Colibrí Center for Human Rights
- Mariel Hawley website
- Four Is A Charm
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Mariel Hawley Makes Mexico Proud
- A Celebration Of Catalina Channel Champions
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Días Azules By Mariel Hawley Dávila
- Giving It With All Their Hearts
- Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners
- Charlotte Samuels On Achieving The Triple Crown
- Record-setting Relays Rock 'N Roll
- Antonio Argüelles, Adding Aquatic Achievements
- 1 More Down For Antonio Argüelles
- Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Tempts To Tackle Tsugaru
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Tries Tsugaru
- Pan-American Colibri Crossing
- Colibrí Center for Human Rights
- Madswimmer, Always Swimming For A Cause
- Nado Panamericano Colibrí By Mariel Hawley
- Nado Panamericano Colibrí…5 de mayo de 2017
- Dan Simonelli On The Pan-American Colibrí Swim
- Meditation In The Open Water
- Swimming Together In Pan-American Colibrí Swim
- Pan-American Colibrí Swim Completed
- Four For Mexican Duo Across The Molokai Channel
- Michael Twigg-Smith On Molokai Channel Crossings
- Nado Por Mi Corazón Helping Others In Mexico
- Watch Nora Toledano, Mariel Hawley Set Tsugaru Record
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Crosses The Canal del Norte
- Nora Toledano, Doing Much More Than Swimming
- 2019 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Swims Strait
- Nora Toledano Cadena Achieves The Oceans Seven
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Achieves The Oceans Seven
- Mariel Hawley Dávila Reflects Upon The Oceans Seven
- Nora Toledano & Mariel Hawley: Las Reinas De Los 7 Mares
- When Mariel Hawley Dávila Achieved The Oceans Seven
- When Nora Toledano Cadena Achieved The Oceans Seven
- Los Cabos Open Water Acuarium, a New 32 km Ocean Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
