Martha Jahn
Martha Jahn is an American pool and open water swimmer who represented the United States in various international competitions.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- she represented the USA at the 1984 USA Long Distance International Championships on the American relay team
- she won a silver medal in the 25 km marathon swim at the 1991 FINA World Championships in Perth, Australia
- she won the 16-mile ocean swim at the 1990 Seal Beach Rough Water Swim in Seal Beach, California.
English Channel Relay Record
Jahn remains one of the English Channel relay record-holders along with Jay Wilkerson, Chad Hundeby, Karen Burton, Dirk Bouma, and Sid Cassidy. The USA Swimming national open water team members set three English Channel relay records: 6 hours 52 minutes on their first leg (England-to-France), 7 hours 26 minutes on their second leg (France-to-England), and the fastest overall and fastest 2-way relay (England-to-France-to-England) in 14 hours 18 minutes in 1990. The team was coached by Penny Dean and John York.
1991 FINA World Championship 25 km Race Results
Held in Swan River in Perth, Australia
1 Shelley Taylor-Smith 5:21:06
2 Martha Jahn 5:25:17
3 Karen Burton Reeder 5:28:23
4 Rita Kovacs 5:31:33
5 Elana Resch 5:39:47
6 Tammy Van Wisse 5:42:53
7 Corinne Liedtke 5:48:58
8 Lenka Pacáková 5:57:35
9 Rita Lazar 6:00:22
10 Jolanda Palmentieri 6:21:17
11 Bridget Young 6:25:03
12 Anita Sood 6:26:56
13 Diana Simonović 6:28:21
14 Christiane Fanzeres 6:28:44
15 Carole Hunt 6:31:20
16 Marcia Marques 6:36:10
17 Katarina Mioč 6:40:15
18 Muna Towe 6:46:09
19 Daria Amaged 7:23:02
External links
- It Was A Race For The Ages. The Spirit of Great Britain Finishes In 6 Hours 55 Minutes
- British versus Americans Across the English Channel – A Crossing For The Record
- John York on Preparing for the Catalina Channel
- 1991, The Year Sports Changed. Men vs. Women In The Open Water
- When Will The English Channel Relay Records Be Broken Again?
- Will the 25K Race At FINA World Championships Be Cancelled?
- Solo versus Relay Records in the Channels
- The Indomitable Spirit of Taranath Narayan Shenoy
- On Course - Eventually - To The Olympic Marathon Swim
- Karen Burton Talks About Swimming Around The World On WOWSA Live
- Back In The Day
- History Of The Seal Beach Rough Water Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Catalina Channel Swimming Back In The Day
- A Powerhouse - 1990 USA National Open Water Swim Team
- Baby Boomers Looking To Test Time
- How Fast Do You Have To Be?
- Karen Burton Reeder, Flying High In The Open Water
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- Seal Beach Rough Water Swim
