Andrew Ainge

Andrew Ainge is the 47-year-old Managing Director of Giraffe UK and an Ironman triathlete, ice swimmer, Ice Ironman and open water swimmer from Leeds, England.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

He completed a 10.5-mile crossing of Lake Windermere in 6 hours 28 minutes.
He is planning to cross the English Channel in 2019.
He is an Ice Ironman.
He completed an Ice Mile (#259) and completed an Ironman [[triathlon in Ironman Vichy France and numerous half Ironman events.
He completed his first Ice Mile on 10 March 2018 in Hatfield Activity, Doncaster, England in 3.6°C water in 40 minutes 15 seconds.
He completed his first Ice Kilometer on 25 February 2018 at the IISA Great Britain Championships in Hatfield Outdoor Activity, England in 19 minutes 56.22 seconds in 3.6°C water.
He completed a 1.015 km swim on 29 January 2017 at St Aidens RSBP in Leeds, UK in 1.5°C water in 22 minutes 48 seconds.
He completed a 2.5 km swim on 5 November 2017 at St Aidens RSBP in Leeds, UK in 9.3°C water in 1 hour.
He completed a 1.4 km swim on 12 November 2017 at St Aidens RSBP in Leeds, UK in 7.2°C water in 40 minutes.
He completed a 700m swim on 19 November 2017 at St Aidens RSBP in Leeds, UK in 5.5°C water in 20 minutes.
He completed a 800m swim on 26 November 2017 at St Aidens RSBP in Leeds, UK in 5.3°C water in 19 minutes.
He is planning a swim across the English Channel in July 2019.
He is planning a two-way swim across Windermere in England and Loch Ness and Loch Lomond in Scotland in 2018.