Belinda Shields
Belinda Shields is an open water swimmer from Auckland, New Zealand.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 9 hours 8 minutes in 1980.
- She competed in the 26 km Windermere International Championships on 7 August 1982.
- She was the third person to successfully swim across the Foveaux Strait on 24 March 1984 from Bluff to Stewart Island in 9 hours 53 minutes.
- On 8 March 1980, she crossed Lake Taupo from south to north in 15 hours 58 minutes.
Foveaux Strait
Foveaux Strait (Māori: Te Ara a Kiwa) separates Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand's third largest island, from the South Island. The strait is a rough and often treacherous stretch of water. The strait is about 130 km long (from Ruapuke Island to Little Solander Island), and it widens (from 14 km at Ruapuke Island to 50 km at Te Waewae Bay) and deepens (from 20 to 120 m) from east to west.
Foveaux Strait Channel Swimmers
1. John van Leeuwen, 7 February 1963 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 13:40)
2. Meda McKenzie, 20 March 1979 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 14:00)
3. Belinda Anne Shields, 24 March 1984 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 9:53)
4. Michael Quinlivan, 13 February 1985 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 9:41)
5. Sandra Blewett, 11 February 1988 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 12:50)
6. Todd Utteridge, 15 February 1989 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 8:40)
7. Wayne Evans, 11 February 2013 (Stewart Island to Bluff in 9:20 with a wetsuit)
External links
- 1982 Windermere International Championships
- John van Leeuwen, Fueled By Female, Protected By Grease
- 40.2 Challenge Across Lake Taupo
- Open Water Swimming
- Foveaux Strait
- Swimmer Salutes Foveaux Strait Conqueror
- Lake Taupo Crossings
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
