Rouen Smit
From Openwaterpedia
Rouen Smit is a 24-year-old South African open water swimmer from Cape Town who completed the Swim For Hope, an 8 km ocean swim from Diaz Beach to Buffels Bay around Cape Point in South Africa, in 2 hours 38 minutes. It was a charity swim for the Little Fighters Cancer Trust.
Ice Swimming
Smit completed one of the fastest ice mile swims in history, set in July 2011 in Fraserburg, South Africa in 5.00°C water and 10°C air in 23:57.
Swim For Hope Athletes
- 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
- 14 In, 14 Out In Successful Swim For Hope
- Swim For Hope
- Swim For Hope Facebook page
- Swim For Hope at Twitter
- BackaBuddy - Swim For Hope
- Carina Bruwer And 14 Make A Point Around The Cape
- Swim For Hope Around Cape Point Is On
- Top (Ice) Milers In History
- Rostislav Vitek Breaks Ice Mile Record
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
