Ryan Leong
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Chris Chuck, Ryan Leong, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun completed a 37 km clockwise circumnavigation tandem swim around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in 11 hours 35 minutes
Members of the Epic Swim Maui include John Clark of Hawaii, Andrew Donaldson of Scotland, Bárbara Hernández Huerta of Chile, Prabhat Koli of India, Nathalie Pohl of Germany, Jonathan Ridler of New Zealand, Yvette Dickson Tetteh of Ghana, Sarah Thomas of the USA, Dr. Mostafa Zaki of Egypt, Stefan Reinke of Hawaii, and Ryan Leong of Hawaii
Stefan Reinke and Ryan Leong after finishing a 19 hour 32 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel in Hawaii
Ryan Leong is a 53-year-old open water swimmer and triathlete from Hawaii.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He completed all 13 legs of the Summer Solstice Swim held in Ala Moana Beach on Oahu in Hawaii, organized by the Ala Moana Beach Swim Club on 20 June 2026. The 13-hour swimmers included Melissa Harnsberber, Ellis Garcia, John Storm, Cindy Hughes, John Hughes, Thomas Rathbun, Stefan Reinke, Knoll Kaneshiro, Heather Iwasaki, Rachel Randall, Teri Deitz, Alex Webb, Deb Merwick, Chris Chuck, Eric Hu, Ryan Leong, and Kelly Quinn.
- On 13 April 2026, he completed a 21.9 km Tahiti to Mo'orea channel swim in 6 hours 42 minutes in a tandem swim with Chris Chuck, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun from Vai'are via 'Āfareaitu channel in French Polynesia, Seti Afoa from Samoa Events.
- On 16 April 2026, he completed a 24 km counterclockwise circumnavigation swim of Bora Bora in 7 hours 26 minutes in a tandem swim with Chris Chuck, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun in French Polynesia, organized by Seti Afoa from Samoa Events.
- On 24 April 2025, he completed a 37 km tandem swim with Chris Chuck, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun around Rarotonga in the clockwise direction in the Cook Islands in 11 hours 35 minutes starting and finishing from Trader Jack’s Beach.
- He is participating in the Epic Swim Maui with Mariam Saleh Bin Laden of Saudi Arabia, John Clark, Andrew Donaldson of Scotland, Barbara Hernandez of Chile, Prabhat Koli of India, Nathalie Pohl of Germany, Jonathan Ridler of New Zealand, Yvette Dickson Tetteh of Ghana, Sarah Thomas of the USA, Mostafa Zaki of Egypt, Stefan Reinke of Hawaii, and Ryan Leong of Hawaii. This unprecedented expeditionary swim is a 12-day 300 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Maui in Hawaii, a celebration of the Hawaiian culture and a call to action for ocean health that starts on 7 July 2024.
- He competed in the 7 km Possibly Annual Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2013.
- On 4 September 2017, he completed a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in 19 hours 42 minutes in a tandem swim with Stefan Reinke. It was their second attempt in a week; the first attempt was called due to the presence of a tiger shark.
- He finished 9th in the 7 km Possibly Annual Hawaii Christmas Looong Distance Invitation Rough-H2O Swim on 28 October 2017 from San Souci Beach to Ala Wai Channel to San Souci Beach on Oahu.
- He completed a 16 km crossing of the Maui Channel from the island of Lanai to the island of Maui in Hawaii on 18 May 2019 in 5 hours 22 minutes in a 6-man tandem swim with Bill Goding, Hudson Slay, Stefan Reinke, Quinn Riordan and Marcus Guttman.
- He swam the three channels between Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii on three successive days on 12-15 September 2019 in the Au I Na Mokupuni Ekolu Endurance Challenge Invitational:
- Day One across the 14.9 km Kalohi Channel between Lanai and Molokai in 6 hours 4 minutes 40 seconds
- Day Two across the 13.5 km Pailolo Channel between Maui and Molokai in 5 hours 50 minutes 10 seconds
- Day Three across the 14.1 km Auau Channel between Lanai and Maui in 7 hours 47 minutes
- On 8 August 2020, Stefan Reinke, Bill Goding, Lectie Altman, Marcus Guttmann, and Ryan Leong Guttmann finished a 27.3 km tandem crossing of the Kaulakahi Channel from Barking Sands Beach on Kauai to Ni'ihau in 11 hours 38 minutes.
- He is one of the owners of Ka'iwi Crossings LLC that manages the Ka'iwi Channel Association for crossings of the Molokai Channel.
External links
- Swimmers Spend All Day In Ala Moana During Oahu’s Summer Solstice Swim
- Summer Solstice Swim Invites Swimmers to a Unique 13-hour Event on Oahu
- Swims Across Waikiki Lead To Channel Crossings In Hawai'i
- Quartet Rounds Rarotonga in the Cook Islands
- Epic Swim Maui Team Combines Swimming with Science
- Quartet of Andy Donaldson, Stefan Reinke, John Clark, and Ryan Leong Remain Strong Through The First 10 Days of Epic Swim Maui
- Epic Swim Maui Heads Through The Roughwater Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
- Epic Swim Maui Forges On with Another Rough Day and A Shark Encounter
- Epic Swim Maui Continues - Day 2 and A Day of Rest
- Epic Swim Maui Begins – Day 1 from Hāna to Ke’anae
- Best of the Best Will Swim Around Maui Within 20 Days
- 112 Days Until The Epic Maui Swim
- Epic Swim Maui
- Staying Steady - Kaiwi Channel Association Under New Ownership
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Channel Swimming Guide to Swimming Maui Nui
- Ala Moana Beach Swim Club Crosses Kaulakahi Channel With Calvin
- Steve Minaglia Does His 19th Channel Crossing With Friends
- Channel Swimming With Aloha
- 2019 ʻAu I Nā Mokupuni ʻEkolu
- Doubly Tough, Doubly Rough, Doubly Fun
- Double The Distance, Twice As Nice
- Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Swim, The Double Roughwater
- Possibly Annual Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Local triathletes swim across the Kaiwi Channel
- Turning An Awww...OH NO Into A Yes
- Making Molokai, Swimming With Sharks
- Haley Chasin, Tim Marr Win Double Roughwater
- Bill Goding Does His 20th Maui Channel Crossing
