Michael Hanisch

Michael Hanisch is an Australian open water swimmer from Queensland who has done 3 marathon swims including an English Channel crossing in 13 hours 45 minutes under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association and completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. He is married to Rachael Elkaim.

Marathon Swimming Career

On 4 November 2012, he completed the first open water swim from Paradise Bay, Long Island to Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays in 7 hours 15 minutes together with Christie Leet, Aiden Trevan and Leigh Trevan, a distance of 28 km while crossing Long Island Sound, Molle Channel and Pioneer Bay
On 8 September 2012, he completed a tandem swim from Daydream Island to Airlie Beach together with Chris Palfrey and Penny Palfrey
On 1 September 2014, he crossed the English Channel in 11 hours 49 minutes under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association and escorted by the support boat Louise Jane
On 2-3 August 2016, he crossed the Catalina Channel in 10 hours 12 minutes under the auspices of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation and escorted by the support boat Bottom Scratcher
On 20 August 2016, he completed the 28.5-mile (45.8 km) 20 Bridges circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island, New York in 7 hours 35 minutes 56 seconds

1 Michael Hanisch 7:35:53 (Sydney, Australia)
2 Rachael Elkaim 7:44:28 (Sydney, Australia)
3 Spencer Schneider 8:05:44 (New York, New York)
4 Dean Summers 8:10:09 (Sydney, Australia)
5 Kenn Lichtenwalter 8:18:08 (New York, New York)