Annemie Landmeters
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Annemie Landmeters, first person to complete a False Bay Crossing in 1989
Annemie Landmeters is an open water swimmer from Belgium who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1991 as an Honor Swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Career
- She was the fastest female swimmer across the English Channel in 8 hours 49 minutes in 1988.
- She holds the record for the fastest crossing of 34 km across False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa set in 1989 in 9 hours 56 minutes.
- She holds the world record for the Rooi Els to Simonstown - Fastest Female Crossing, the Simonstown to Muizenberg - Fastest Crossing from Simonstown to Muizenberg and the Simonstown to Muizenberg - Fastest Double Crossing between Simonstown to Muizenberg as well as the Three Anchor Bay to Robben Island - Fastest Female Double Crossing from Three Anchor Bay to Robben Island and False Bay Crossing.
- She won the 33rd edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 9 hours 8 minutes 40 seconds on 10 July 1988.
- She finished 2nd in the 32nd edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 8 hours 0 minutes 20 seconds on 12 July 1987.
- She finished 3rd in the 34th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 7 hours 45 minutes 34 seconds on 9 July 1989.
- She finished 4th in the 35th edition of the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 8 hours 28 minutes 43 seconds on 5 July 1990.
- She finished 4th overall and was the 1st woman in the 34th edition of the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Canada on 31 July 1988 in 7 hours 43 minutes 17 seconds.
- She finished 3rd overall and was the 1st woman in the 35th edition of the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Canada on 30 July 1989 in 7 hours 38 minutes 53 seconds.
- She did not finish the 36th edition of the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Canada on 29 July 1990.
External links
- How True: False Bay Is Tough
- IJsselmeer Zwemmarathon Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Open Water Swimming
- False Bay swimming
- The Truth of False Bay
- Great Whites vs. Great Irish, No Falsehood In The Bay
- 1990 Capri-Napoli, A Marathon Race Like No Other
- Freestyling False Bay, South African Swimming Sextet
- South Africans Launch False Bay Swimming Association
