Rhys Mainstone
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Rhys Mainstone on the shores of Lac Mégantic in Quebec, Canada before winning the Traversée internationale du Lac Mégantic as part of the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit. Courtesy of Open Water Swimming Magazine
Rhys Mainstone is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Rhys Mainstone-Hodson (born 27 February 1990) is an Australian professional open water swimmer who specializes in the 5 km and 10 km marathon swimming distances, coached by Mel Tantrum.
Honours
- He is an Honouree of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2020, inducted on 21 June 2020.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China where he finished 2nd in the 5 km team pursuit event together with Ky Hurst and Melissa Gorman.
- He won the 43rd annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii in 2011.
- He won the 44th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii in 2012.
- He won the 45th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii in 2013.
- He won the 2012 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong.
- He won the 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge 10km marathon swim in Perth, Australia.
- He won the 2017 Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii.
- He won the 2015 Traversée internationale du Lac Mégantic in Lac Mégantic (Canada), part of the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup
- He won the 2014 State La Grande Swim in Akaroa, New Zealand, part of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series.
- He won the 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge in Perth, Australia.
- He finished 3rd in 5 km at the Australian National Championships.
- He won the 2012 Oceania 5 km championship in Noumea.
- He finished 2nd and was the 1st Australian in the 2012 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km race.
- He won gold in the 10 km at the 2010 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships.
- He won a silver medal in the 10 km open water at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Guam.
- He finished 4th at the FINA World Cup in the UAE in the 10 km in 2009.
- He won silver in the 10 km at the 2011 Australian Open Water Championships.
- He won silver in the 5 km team pursuit race at the 2011 FINA World Championships.
- He finished 6th in the 5 km at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Championships in Roberval, Canada.
- He finished 5th in the 10 km at the FINA Open Water World Cup in Sharjah.
- He finished 21st in his first major senior meet for Australia at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.
- He finished 2nd to Trent Grimsey, Australian 10 km open water championships in Sydney.
- He finished 16th in 10 km at the 2008 Australian Open Water Championships.
- He finished 2nd at the 3.8 km Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii on 1 September 2018.
External Links
- Head Coach Mel Tantrum Follows In The Wake of Pioneering Women
- 9 More Honorees Named By Australian Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Rhys Mainstone.
- History Of Marathon Swimming In Australia, Part 1
- Rhys Mainstone website
- Rhys Mainstone finishes 2nd
- Rhys Mainstone profile
- Rhys Mainstone news
- Rhys Swimmer of the Year
- Mainstone Rhys To The Occasion
- Mainstone Is The Main Man Off Mainland China
- Who Is This Man They Call Rhys Mainstone?
- 15,000 Reasons To Do The BHP Billiton Super Series
- Rhys Mainstone And Melissa Gorman, "This Surf Is My Turf"
- Swimming Australia Reviews What Can Be In Rio de Janeiro
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Mutual Sunscreening Among Open Water Swimmers
- Team Pursuit At The 2013 FINA World Championships
- Swimming In Lane 4 In The Open Water
- Will Mainstone Rhys To The Occasion In Waikiki?
- Swim The Swam With Many Others
- Top Racing Down Under: Aussie vs Kiwi In La Grande Swim
- Neoprened Rhys Mainstone Wins La Grande Swim
- Green Is To Go, Melissa Gorman Is Back
- Mainstone Is The Main Man In Mt Maunganui
- Who Will Be King?
- America's Very Difficult Open Water Swims
- 10 Difficult Short Open Water Swims
- Australian Men Looking For Gold On The Coast
- Juniors And Seniors Mix In Maui
- Mann Up. Will Mainstone Rhys To The Occasion Again?
- All-time Winners of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- Racing Across Waikiki Beach Time After Time
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Series
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim Is Stacked With Studs
