Susie Maroney

Susia Maroney OAM is an inductee (Honor Swimmer of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2005

Susie Maroney OAM is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020

41-year-old Susie Maroney, retired marathon swimmer and Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Susie Maroney finishing her 35-hour 190 km ocean swim from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Marea del Portillo beach, Cuba on 15 September 1999

Course for Susie Maroney's Mexico to Cuba swim in 1998

Susan Jean "Susie" Maroney OAM (born 15 November 1974 in Cronulla, New South Wales) is an Australian former marathon swimmer. Maroney was an outstanding channel swimmer and marathon swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005 as an Honor Swimmer. She is also a member of the 24-hour club and competed in the 6th season of Australian Survivor in 2019.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

• In 1989 when she achieved third place in the Australian Marathon Swimming Championship at the age of 14.
• On 31 July 1990, she crossed the English Channel from England to France in 8 hours 29 minutes at the age of 15 (youngest and fastest Australian). This followed a family relay across the English Channel to help her "get ready".
• On 19 August 1989, she competed in the 45.8 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York in 7 hours 52 minutes 13 seconds at the age of 14.
• Maroney established the world record for a two-way crossing of the English Channel by a female in 17 hours 15 minutes at the age of 16 on 22 July 1991, the youngest person to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel in history.
• Maroney swam around 48 km (28.5 miles) Manhattan Island four times, winning the 1990 (7:00:27) and 1994 Manhattan Island Marathon Swims (7:08:10), and finishing 8th in 1999 (7:15:59) and 4th in 1989 (7:52:13).
• On 5 July 1990, she competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 8 hours 12 minutes 8 seconds at the age of 15.
• Maroney won the 1989 USA national 25 km marathon swim in 4 hours 53 minutes 48 seconds at age 14 over Shelley Taylor-Smith in 4 hours 56 minutes and Martha Jahn in 5 hours 5 minutes in Long Beach, California.
• On 10 August 1992, she finished 8th in the Sylvan Lake World Series Marathon Swim in Alberta, Canada.
• At the age of 22, she completed a well-publicized 180 km (111.8-mile) swim from Cuba to the USA across the Florida Strait in 24 hours 31 minutes on 12 May 1997, aided by a shark cage covered in mesh in order to keep out the Portuguese man-o-war.
• At the age of 23, she completed a 38 hour 33 minute 197 km (122-mile) swim on 1 June 1998 across the Yucatan Straits from Isla Mujeres in Mexico to Las Tumbas on the western end of Cuba. The Mexico to Cuba, swim was performed in a shark cage with a mesh net and special Lycra stinger suit.
• At the age of 24, she completed a 36-hour, 190 km (119 mile) swim from Jamaica to Cuba (Montego Bay in Jamaica to Marea del Portillo, Cuba) on 15 September 1999 in 34 hours 50 minutes, swimming in a shark cage and a stinger suit.
• She finished 19th overall and was the 10th woman at the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Quebec, Canada in 11 hours 52 minutes 13.0 seconds.
• One of the very few marathon swimmers ever to share a meal with Fidel Castro of Cuba.

World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women

She was named to the list of World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association in 2015.

Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Honourees

She is a member of the inaugural class of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honourees who were inducted on August 2020.

• Jennifer Anderson
• Lauren Arndt
• David Bates
• Clive Berry Rickards
• Kate Brookes-Peterson
• Roger Bruce
• Tamara Bruce
• Richard Campion
• Brendan Capell
• Graeme Carroll
• Cavill Family
• Melissa Cunningham
• William Ford
• Melissa Gorman
• Trent Grimsey
• Christopher Guesdon
• Susanne Guesdon
• Kevin Holtom
• Annette Kellerman
• Tracy Knowles
• John Koorey
• Susie Maroney, OAM
• Chloë McCardel
• Linda McGill MBE
• Joseph Mitchell
• Lynton Mortensen
• David O'Brien OAM
• Penny Palfrey
• James Pittar
• Des Renford MBE
• Grant Robinson
• Rottnest Channel Swim Association
• Mark Saliba
• Josh Santacaterina
• Shelley Taylor-Smith
• Gary Toner
• Suzanne Toner

External links

• Change Is Constant – Will It Come In San Francisco Bay?
• Increased Shark Encounters, Shark Attacks During Moonless Night Sky Channel Crossings
• The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
• The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 2010's
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 2000's
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1990's
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1980's
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1970's
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1960's
• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1950's
• National Honors Awarded to Open Water Swimmers
• Ignorance Was Bliss; Wisdom Was Welcomed By Kim Dyke
• History Of Marathon Swimming In Australia, Part 1
• How Far Is The English Channel?
• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Susie Maroney
• Chris Guesdon Explains About The Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame On WOWSA Live
• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors John Koorey
• When Diego Degano, Shelley Taylor-Smith Ruled Sylvan Lake
• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class Of 2020
• Open Water Swimming
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Marathon Swimming
• Swimming In Sharky Waters
• What Was The Most Impactful Open Water Swim In World History?
• The World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
• Marathon girl swims to Cuba
• Dangerous swim for world record breaker
• Other Famously Long Swims
• Susie Maroney hangs up swimming costume
• Australian completes record Mexico to Cuba swim
• Susie Maroney Talks
• Susie and Pauline Maroney
• Object of the Week
• NYC Swim bio
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website
• Updated 24-Hour Club
• Shark Caged In The Ocean
• Women Swimming Circles Around Manhattan Island
• Aussie Rules Swimming, Paul Newsome Carries On
• Susie Maroney Criticized For Cuba-Florida Crossing
• Melissa Cunningham Honored Around The World
• 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
• When Open Water Icons Meet In New York
• Perry Crosses Susie Maroney's Path
• Adam Torrens, Absolutely Terrified About Peak And Pond
• Who Is The Greatest Australian Open Water Swimmer?
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• 1990 Capri-Napoli, A Marathon Race Like No Other
• Two Hall Of Famers And Fidel Castro
• Swimming, Boating, Rafting From Cuba To Florida
• First Caged, Then Set Free To Magnetic Island
• Updated 24-Hour Club
• 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
• Swimming For More Than 24 Hours
• Who's Who In English Channel's Over-and-Back
• Australian completes record Mexico-Cuba swim
• Ravaging And Rescuing The Gulf Of Mexico
• Celebrating Australian Channel Swimmers