Bronwen Burmester
From Openwaterpedia
Bronwen Burmester is an ocean swimmer from New Zealand who swam across the Apolima Strait in 2016 at the age of 37 in 8 hours 5 minutes and completed the 20 km Chopper Swim Challenge from Waiheke Island to Auckland, New Zealand in 5 hours 25 minutes on 26 March 2018 who was honored at the 2018 New Zealand Ultra-Marathon Swim Awards.
Apolima Strait
The Apolima Strait is a 22.3 km channel between Samoa's main islands of Upolu and Savai'i.
History of Crossing Apolima Strait
- Iosia Leau (Samoa) 1988 at the age of 26 in 5 hours
- Mike Cochrane (New Zealand) 2015 at the age of 33 in 8 hours 1 minute
- Rosie Sharman (New Zealand) 2015 at the age of 32 in 8 hours 30 minutes
- Phillip Ryan (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 25 in 5 hours 3 minutes
- Abby Armstrong (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 28 in 6 hours 30 minutes
- Bronwen Burmester (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 60 in 8 hours 5 minutes
- Kate Sinclair (Australia) 2016 at the age of 37 in 8 hours 15 minutes
- Todd Pritchard (New Zealand) 2016 at the age of 49 in 8 hours 25 minutes
External links
- Swimming Apolima Strait In Samoa
- Samoa Swim Series, Simply Splendid
- Pacific Open Water Challenge
- Five Islands Challenge
- Savai'i Excursion
- The Five Islands
- Upolu-Savai'i Swim
- Samoa Swim Series Facebook page
- New Zealand Ultra Marathon Swim Awards
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- 2018 NZ Ultra Swim Awards
- NZ Ultra Swim Awards
- 2018 New Zealand Ultra-Marathon Swim Awards Night
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Abby Armstrong Is Female Athlete Of The Year In Samoa
- Follow The Apolima Strait Swim Live Online
