Tara Diversi

Entrepreneur, author, spokesperson and author Tara Michelle Diversi

Tara Diversi crossing the English Channel in 9 hours 45 minutes

Tara Diversi is an Australian marathon swimmer.

Open Water Swimming Career

• She swam the English Channel in a relay with the Balmoral Beach Club Team (22 September 2012 in 12 hours 51 minutes) escorted by Neil Streeter.
• On 29 September 2012, she completed a solo crossing of the English Channel in 9 hours 45 minutes, escorted by Reg Brickell and supported by Red Top Swim’s Tim Denyer and Melissa Cave.
• On 7 February, she swam the 28 km stretch between Palm Beach to Manly in Sydney’s Northern Beaches in a time of 7 hours 15 minutes.
• On 22 February, she completed the Rottnest Channel Swim in 5 hours 24 minutes.
• She swam the fastest crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar during the 2013 season in 3 hours 34 minutes on 26 April, escorted by Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa under the auspices of the Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar (Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association), to complete 2 channels of the Oceans Seven.
• She will participate in the 28.5-mile (45.8 km) 20 Bridges Circumnavigation Swim of Manhattan in New York City held in 2017.

Professional Career

Diversi is an Assistant Professor at Bond University in Sports Nutrition. She has worked with a number of marathon swimmers to assist with their open water swimming nutrition and hydration.

External links

• Tara Diversi website
• Are You Good Enough? Ask Tara Diversi
• Former Cairns swimmer Tara Diversi swims English Channel
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Disjointed Logic, Swimming With Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
• Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar (Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association)
• 2013 Season Results From Asociación De Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar
• Tara Diversi Is Looking For A Few Good Men And Women
• Jane Gordon, Falling In Love Again
• New York Open Water
• New York Open Water Facebook page