Monika Hayes
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Zani Muller and Monika Hayes, winners of the 450m endurance swim at the 2014 International Winter Swimming Competition in Murmansk, Russia
Monika Hayes is a 50-year-old open water swimmer from Cape Town, South Africa.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- She participated in the inaugural 5.3 km Atlantic Dash in South Africa.
- She completed the Ashanti Mile in South Africa.
- She completed the Clifton Cold Water Mile in South Africa.
- She completed the Swim For Hope, an 8 km ocean swim from Diaz Beach to Buffels Bay around Cape Point in South Africa which she completed in 2 hours 38 minutes.
- She completed the 7.5 km Freedom Day Swim, an ocean swim from Robben Island in Cape Town, South Africa on 21 April 2018.
- She won her division in the 450m endurance swim at the 2014 International Winter Swimming Competition (Polar Olympics) in Murmansk, Russia.
- She finished sixth in the 2.5 km Around The Rocks Extreme Swim in Cape Town, South Africa on 21 January 2018.
- She finished 2nd in the Ice Kilometer at the Africa Lesotho Ice Swimming event held on 28 July 2019 in Afriski, Lesotho in the southern part of Africa.
Swim For Hope Swimmers
- 34-year-old Carina Bruwer
- 44-year-old Justin Coetzee
- 55-year-old Keith Struthers
- 50-year-old Monika Hayes
- 55-year-old Lindsay de Kock
- 44-year-old Anthony Pearse
- 36-year-old Martin Vleggaar
- 32-year-old Neil Hopkins
- 33-year-old Chris Westcott
- 45-year-old Charl Cilliers
- 40-year-old Clinton Le Sueur
- 24-year-old Rouen Smit
- 46-year-old Colin Gluch
- 61-year-old Richard Child
- Toni Enderli
External links
- Lynne Cox Presenting Cold Water Capers In South Africa
- 14 In, 14 Out In Successful Swim For Hope
- Clifton Cold Water Mile
- Swim For Hope
- Swim For Hope Facebook page
- Swim For Hope Twitter page
- BackaBuddy - Swim For Hope
- Carina Bruwer And 14 Make A Point Around The Cape
- Swim For Hope Around Cape Point Is On
- Nico Manoussakis, Jessika Steyn Win Freedom Swim
- International Ice Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Monika Hayes And Zani Miller Shine At Polar Olympics
- High Altitude And Ice Swimming Are Not Big Mates