Bronwen Whitehead

Bronwen Whitehead is an Australian lawyer and an open water swimmer and surf lifesaver.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

She competed and won races in the Swimming NSW Open Water and Marathon Series coached by Graeme Carroll.
She won the 5 km Oceania Swimming Championships.
She won Australian Open Water Swimming Championship medals from 5 km to 25 km races.
In the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she won a silver in the 5 km and a bronze in the 25 km races.
In the 1999 FINA World Championships in Perth, Australia, she finished 5th in 5 km.
She competed in two Rottnest Channel Swim. The second time, she won and set a women’s record for the race.
In her final marathon swim, she won the women’s division of the 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, finishing second 10 seconds behind the winner.
She won the 5 km race at the 1998 Australian Long-distance Swimming Championships in 1 hour 1 minute 48.00 seconds.
She won the 25 km race at the 2000 Australian Long-distance Swimming Championships in 5 hours 47 minutes 13.00 seconds.