Sally Catt
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Sally Catt is a 64-year-old open water swimmer from Victoria, Australia who completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming at the age of 61 years.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She was honored at the 2018 New Zealand Ultra-Marathon Swim Awards.
- She completed the Chopper Sea Challenge, a 20 km (12.4-mile) marathon swim from Matiatia Bay on Waiheke Island to Mechanics Bay in downtown Auckland, New Zealand in 6 hours 22 minutes on 26 March 2018. The Chopper Sea Challenge is a charity swim from Waiheke to Auckland that raises money for the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter, which flew to Waiheke Island to pick up sick and injured patients 232 times in 2015.
- On 18 January 2022, she completed the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Hobart, Tasmania in 11 hours 10 minutes.
Oldest People to Complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
1. Ed Horne (UK) 67.8 years
2. Eric Durban (USA) 67.0 years
3. Lars Durban (USA) 66.7 years
4. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA) 64.8 years
5. Jim Clifford (USA) 63.2 years
6. Paula Yankauskas (USA) 63.0 years
7. Gina Harden (USA) 62.6 years
8. Sally Catt (Australia) 61.8 years
9. Mo Siegel (USA) 61.6 years
10. Denise Clarke (New Zealand) 61.6 years
Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming database compiled by the Marathon Swimmers Federation.
External links
- Thrice As Nice Triple Crowners
- Brenda Norman Swims In Reverse To Make History
- NZ Ultra Swim Awards
- Chopper Sea Challenge Raises $33K+
- Chopper Swim Challenge
- Chopper Sea Challenge
- Chopper Swim Challenge Facebook page
- New Zealand Ultra Marathon Swim Awards
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- 2018 NZ Ultra Swim Awards
- NZ Ultra Swim Awards
- 2018 New Zealand Ultra-Marathon Swim Awards Night
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- State Insurance New Zealand Ocean Swim Series website
- Ky Hurst Has Swell Time To Victory In New Zealand
