Amy Ennion

Amy Ennion WOWSA certificate for her unprecedented 48.65 km solo crossing from Guernsey to Surtainville, France in June 2021

Amy Ennion is a 31-year-old open water swimmer from Kent, England.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

She will compete in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona on 23-26 April 2025 at the age of 31.
She pioneered a 48.65 km solo crossing from Guernsey in the Channel Islands to Surtainville, France in 15 hours 59 minutes 25 seconds on 15 June 2021 at the age of 28 with escort pilots Matt Clarke and Robyn Stewart. The swim was attempted twice before, including by Adrian Sarchet in August 2020 who was forced to abandon his crossing because of a strong tide after 11 hours in the water.
On 16 September 2021, she completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel (under the auspices of the CS&PF) from England to France in 13 hours 21 minutes at the age of 28.
She swam 22.5 km from Jersey to France as a charity swim for Bowel Cancer UK in 6 hours 39 minutes 7 minutes on 31 August 2020 at the age of 27.
She completed a crossing of Lake Windermere in the UK in 5 hours 20 minutes in 2019.

She was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Women of the Year Award. The winners and nominees of this category in the 2021 WOWSA Awards include:

Winner: Kate Steels (Great Britain)
First Runner-up: Elaine Burrows Dillane (Ireland)
Second Runner-up: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
4. Mayra Santos (Brazil)
5. Merle Liivand (Estonia)
6. Shu Pu (Hong Kong)
7. Sarah Thomas (USA)
8. Amy Ennion (Great Britain)
9. Lexie Kelly (USA)
10. Maria Cotignolo (Uruguay)
11. Chloë McCardel (Australia)
12. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
13. Abigail Fairman (USA)
14. Kerry Kopke (South Africa)
15. Carina Bruwer (South Africa)