Victoria Cox
Dr Victoria Cox is a 23-year-old Australian open water swimmer and Oxford-based researcher who achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 2 months and 2 days.
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Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- On 26 February 2011, she completed the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 7 hours 31 minutes 27 seconds at the age of 20.
- She participated in the 2017 Cork Distance Week in Cork, Ireland.
- On 6 July 2017, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 15 hours 39 minutes 46 seconds at the age of 27.
- On 16 August 2017, she crossed the English Channel from England to France in 12 hours 8 minutes at the age of 27.
- On 8 September 2017, she finished fourth in the 45.8 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim around New York City, finishing in 8 hours 10 minutes 16 seconds at the age of 27.
- She completed a duo swim in Lake Zurich with Mark Morelli in Switzerland in 2017.
- She competed for Oxford in the Oxford University versus Cambridge University in the 2018 Varsity Channel Swim.
Top 10 Swimmers with the Fastest Time to Achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
As of October 2021:
1. Joel Matos Ortiz (Puerto Rico) 27 days
2. Patrick McKnight (USA) 34 days
3. Rendy Lynn Opdycke (USA) 35 days
4. Victoria Cox (Australia) 64 days
5. David Barra (USA) 81 days
6. Miguel Guillermo Campero Garcia (Mexico) 82 days
7. Dina Levačić (Czech Republic) 84 days
7. Elizabeth Almond (USA) 84 days
9. Lynton Mortensen (Australia) 89 days
10. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico) 92 days (br/>
Professional and Academic Career
Dr Victoria RV Cox MBBS BMedSci(Hons) DipDerm is the Junior Dean of Jesus College, Oxford, a MPhil Candidate in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, and a Chairman's Circle John Monash Scholar at the General Sir John Monash Foundation in Australia.
External links
- Joel Matos Ortiz Takes 27 Days to Complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Cork Distance Week Alumni Success
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- September 8th 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim
- 3 For 3 For 3: Webster, Lazarenco, Cox Do Triple Crown
- Victoria Cox becomes seventh person ever to complete three gruelling open water swims
