Amanda Hampton

Amanda Hampton is a 48-year-old Australian marathon swimmer from Sydney who resides in Naperville, Illinois, USA. She is affiliated with the Promontory Point Open Water Swimmers of Chicago

Open Water Swimming Career

In 2009, she completed the 45.8 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 36 minutes in New York City.
In 2010, she completed the 45.8 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 59 minutes in New York City.
On 5 August 2017, she competed in the 8-mile Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts.
In 2007, she completed the Bermuda RTS 10K
In 2008, she completed the Bermuda RTS 10K
In 2008, she completed the Swim Miami 10K
In 2008, she completed the Swim Around Key West in Florida.
In 2010, she completed the Kingdom Swim in Vermont.
In 2010, she completed the Swim the Suck in Tennessee.
On 13 July 2013, she completed the 27-mile END-WET in North Dakota.
She completed the 2014 Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test or END-WET, a 36-mile (57.9 km) swim down the Red River between North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota in the United States
In 2017, she competed in the 2017 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
On 5 September 2015, she completed the 40.2 km In Search of Memphre from Newport, Vermont, USA to Magog, Quebec, Canada in 17 hours 8 minutes.

She is a member of the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society and one of the famed 41 Pioneers. She is helping organize the second annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in March 2016.