Alice Harvey
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Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Julia Morris, Fay de Gruchy, Alice Harvey, Karen le Cornu, and Rachel Sayers completed a 70 km 28 hour 56 minute relay crossing of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) between France and Switzerland
Alice Harvey is a 34-year-old British open water swimmer from Jersey.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 23-24 September 2024, Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Julia Morris, Fay de Gruchy, Alice Harvey, Karen le Cornu, and Rachel Sayers, all from Jersey, completed a 6-person 70 km relay crossing of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) from Château de Chillon in Veytaux, France to Bains des Pâquis in Geneva, Switzerland in 28 hours 56 minutes.
- She completed a 22.5 km channel swim from Island of Jersey to France in 8 hours 55 minutes in 2009.
- She crewed for Andy Truscott on his 66 km training swim around Jersey in 10 hours 54 minutes in July 2018.
- She crewed for Andy Truscott on his unprecedented 132 km Double Round Jersey in July 2018 with pilot Matt Clarke and Chantelle Le Guilcher in 22 hours 6 minutes. Lap one was 10 hours 45 minutes; Lap two was 11 hours 42 minutes.
- She completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 2018.
- She completed a 50 km Round Jersey circumnavigation swim.
- She completed her first Round Jersey circumnavigation swim in 2006.
- She completed her second Round Jersey circumnavigation swim in 2014.
- She completed several 50 km Round Jersey relays .
- She completed her first Jersey to France crossing in 2009.
- She completed her second Jersey to France crossing in 2017.
- She completed a crossing from Les Minquieres to Jersey in 2017 and remains the current record holder.
- She participated in 3 English Channel relays in 2008, 2014, and 2015.
- She participated in the 2010 Derwent Water, a BLDSA event.
- She participated in the 2013 Windermere one way crossing, a BLDSA event.
- She participated in the 2013 Dart 10k event.
- She participated in a Windermere 2-way crossing, guided by ChillSwim in 2016.
- She participated in the Coniston, a ChillSwim event in 2022.
- She participated in the Dock2Dock 10k in 2022.
- She participated in the Ullswater, a ChillSwim event in 2023.
- She participated in Swim the Night in 2024.
- She participated in the Eton Dorney 10k in 2023.
Alice Harvey Interview with Ned Denison
External links
- Alice Harvey Talks About Aquatic Life on the Isle of Jersey
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Jersey Women Establish A Deep Swimship Across Lake Geneva
- Jersey Women Tackle Tough Trophy Traverse
- World's Best Beach & Open Water Swimming Towns
- Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club website
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
