Tammy van Wisse

Tammy van Wisse is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020/2021

Tammy van Wisse

Tammy van Wisse on the cover of an Access Bar by Melaleuca

Tammy van Wisse (born 23 July 1968) is a renowned marathon swimmer and motivational speaker from Melbourne, Australia. She is also the Proprietor of Paul Sadler Swimland, Narre Warren & Hampton Park, and showcased on the package box and each Access bar distributed by Melaleuca.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She won several Victorian State Swimming and Victorian Royal Life Saving Titles.
• She won the Lorne Pier to Pub swim in 1986, 1987 and 1989.
• She completed a 20 km swim in 1986 from Beaumaris to Frankston.
• On 18 February 2001, she swam the length of the Murray River in south Australia from the alps to the ocean in 106 days as she covered a distance of 2438 kilometers.
• On 21 July 2006, she set the overall world record (fastest person) from Battery Park, New York to Sandy Hook, New Jersey on 21 July 2006 in 5 hours 6 minutes.
• She set the world record (first/fastest person) to swim Gippsland Lakes, Bairnsdale to Lakes Entrance in June 2004 in 9 hours 57 minutes.
• On 10 March 1999, she set the overall world record (fastest person) across Cook Strait, (North to South), New Zealand in March 1999 in 6 hours 49 minutes.
  
• She set the world Record (fastest person) to swim length of Loch Ness, Scotland in August 1999 in 9 hours 6 minutes.
  
• She set the world Record (fastest person) to swim 2,438 km length of the River Murray, Australia between 5 November 2000 and 18 February 2001 for 106 days
  
• She set the world Record (first/fastest person) to swim Bass Strait, Tasmania to Victoria, Australia. February 1996 in 17 hours 46 minutes - 97.4 km
  
• On 19 July 1997, she won the 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York in 7 hours 15 minutes 57 seconds at the age of 28.
  
• She won the Olympic Games Centenary Marathon Swim in Greece in 1996 in 7 hours 13 minutes.
  
• She won the inaugural Melbourne 30 km Big Swim in Australia in 1998 in 7 hours 18 minutes.
  
• On 26 August 1993, she was the fastest person across the English Channel during the 1993 season in 8 hours 38 minutes.
  
• She was part of the first brother/sister combination to cross English Channel together in the UK in 1994:
  • John van Wisse - 8 hours 17 minutes
    
  • Tammy van Wisse - 8 hours 32 minutes
    
• She set the Australian Record for the fastest person to swim 50 laps (40 km) of Bondi Beach, Australia in 1998 in 9 hours 7 minutes.
  
• She represented Australia in over 16 international marathon swims
  
• She won 17 Victorian Royal Lifesaving Ironwoman Titles (without a hint of rust!)
  
• As part of her objectives to promote Port Phillip Bay, Victoria as an environmentally friendly recreational asset she has also swum: Across Port Phillip Bay, Portarlington to Frankston, 1993 (40 kms), Length of Port Phillip Bay, Rosebud to Sth Melbourne, 1994 (58.5 kms), Circumference of Port Phillip Bay, Portsea to Sorrento, 1995 (144 kms)
  
• She completed the 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait at the age of 30 on 10 March 1999 in 6 hours 49 minutes
  
• She won the 13 km race at the 1987 Australian Long-distance Swimming Championships in 2 hours 50 minutes 21 seconds.
• She finished 3rd in the 36th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 7 hours 48 minutes 57 seconds on 6 July 1991.
• On 6 July 1991, she finished 3rd in the 35th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 7 hours 48 minutes 57 seconds.

1991 FINA World Championship 25 km Race Results

Held in Swan River in Perth, Australia
1 Shelley Taylor-Smith 5:21:06
2 Martha Jahn 5:25:17
3 Karen Burton Reeder 5:28:23
4 Rita Kovacs 5:31:33
5 Elana Resch 5:39:47
6 Tammy Van Wisse 5:42:53
7 Corinne Liedtke 5:48:58
8 Lenka Pacáková 5:57:35
9 Rita Lazar 6:00:22
10 Jolanda Palmentieri 6:21:17
11 Bridget Young 6:25:03
12 Anita Sood 6:26:56
13 Diana Simonović 6:28:21
14 Christiane Fanzeres 6:28:44
15 Carole Hunt 6:31:20
16 Marcia Marques 6:36:10
17 Katarina Mioč 6:40:15
18 Muna Towe 6:46:09
19 Daria Amaged 7:23:02

External links

• 1991, The Year Sports Changed. Men vs. Women In The Open Water
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
• Swimming Eastwards Fictitiously and In Reality
• 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
• Women In Their 30's: Greatness Defined
• History Of Marathon Swimming In Australia, Part 1
• Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class Of 2020/2021
• Mel Cunningham Talks About Her Long Career On WOWSA Live
• Open Water Swimmers Hits Shopping Shelves
• Luane Rowe, Rare As A Pink Dolphin
• Australian Women Excel In Open Water
• John & Tammy van Wisse On Open Water Wednesday
• Look Behind And Below You In The Open Water
• Different Reactions To Jellyfish Stings
• Women Swimming Circles Around Manhattan Island
• Aussie Rules Swimming, Paul Newsome Carries On
• The Uniqueness Of Rob Copeland
• The Triple Crown Of Lake Monster Swims
• When Open Water Icons Meet In New York
• Who Is The Greatest Australian Open Water Swimmer?
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Inspiring Ideas, Dreams, Passions Through The Open Water
• A Father And His Two Sons Down The River Murray
• Hunter Hunkers Down In River Murray
• Always At Their Side Looking Ahead, Richard Clifford