Carina Bruwer

Carina Bruwer is a nominee for the 2021 WOWSA Awards for the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year category

Carina Bruwer's Triple Country Swim in Italy, Monaco and France was nominated for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association

Carina Bruwer-Pugliese (February 2006 crossing of False Bay), nominee for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Carina Bruwer-Pugliese, nominee for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Swim course from Rooi Els to Miller's Point across False Bay in South Africa

Carina Bruwer's charity swim course in the Mediterranean Sea

Carina Bruwer is a Cape Town-based SAMA-winning musician and producer, marathon swimmer, mother of two, and owner and founder of Five Seasons Entertainment, one of the largest entertainment agencies in South Africa.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She serves as an Ocean Ambassador with Ocean Recovery Alliance.
• She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
• She is a member of the board of directors of the False Bay Swimming Association.
• She has completed two swims of the Oceans Seven and a wide variety of other marathon swims and channel crossings.
  • 36 km False Bay Crossing (South Africa) as the first South African woman and third swimmer on 26 February 2006 in 10 hours 58 minutes.
    
  • 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco at the age of 25 on 15 June 2005 in 4 hours 45 minutes to set a female record.
    
  • 20 km Swim Around Key West in Florida, U.S.A. where she was the fastest female and 3rd place overall in June 2006 in 4 hours 49 minutes.
    
  • 26 km International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf in Greece where she was the fastest female and 4th place overall on 24 July 2005 in 6 hours 58 minutes
    
  • 33.5 km English Channel from England to France to become the fastest South African woman on 1 August 2005 in 12 hours 4 minutes.
    
  • 11 km Around Robben Island Swim to set the overall record in South Africa (Robben Island - Fastest Circumnavigation around Robben Island) on 26 April 2005 in 4 hours 6 minutes.
    
  • On 6 March 2004, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 9 minutes at the age of 24.
  • On 1 May 2004, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 5 minutes at the age of 24.
  • On 41 May 2004, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 20 minutes at the age of 24.
  • On 26 March 2004, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 4 minutes at the age of 24.
  • On 24 April 2004, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 4 minutes at the age of 24.
  • On 16 April 2005, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 44 minutes at the age of 25.
  • On 26 April 2005, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 4 hours 6 minutes at the age of 25.
  • On 4 April 2006, she completed a 10.2 km crossing from Robben Island to Three Anchor Bay in 4 hours 8 minutes at the age of 26.
  • On 28 April 2006, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 1 hours 58 minutes at the age of 26.
  • On 9 May 2006, she completed a 10.2 km crossing from Robben Island to Three Anchor Bay in 2 hours 50 minutes at the age of 26.
  • On 12 February 2014, she completed a 6.4 km crossing from Robben Island to Blouberg in 1 hours 58 minutes at the age of 44.
  • She was the first person to swim 16 km around the northernmost point of Africa in Bizerte, Tunisia on 15 October 2004 in 4 hours 50 minutes.
    
  • She was the first person to swim 11 km around Danger Point - Gansbaai in South Africa (Danger Point - First Circumnavigation around Danger Point) on 11 August 2004 in 4 hours 16 minutes.
    
  • She was the first female and first South African to swim 11 km around Cape Agulhas in South Africa on 26 April 2004 in 2 hours 16 minutes.
    
  • She was the first South African to swim 8.5 km around Cape Point in South Africa (Cape Point - Fastest Female Crossing or Round Cape Point - Fastest Female Swim from Diaz beach to Buffels Bay) on 26 March 2004 in 2 hours 20 minutes and in 2 hours 18 minutes as part of the Swim For Hope in 2014.
    
  • She was the 2nd female and 4th place overall at the 25 km South African Open Water Swimming Championships in Midmar Dam in February 2005.
    
  • She won the 10 km South African Open Water Swimming Championships in Midmar Dam in February 2004.
    
  • She was the 1st female and 3rd overall in the 10 km Western Province Open Water Swimming Championships in South Africa in December 2004.
    
  • She was the 2nd female in 2003, 2004 and 2005 Vista Nova Big Swim, the Annual Robben Island - Bloubergstrand race in South Africa)
    
  • She was the first female in 2003 and the second female in 2004 in the 12 km False Bay Iron Man Swimming Challenge from Simonstown to Muizenberg in South Africa.
    
  • She completed five 6.5 km crossings from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand in South Africa with her best time of 2 hours 4 minutes on 24 April 2004
    
  • She completed a 8.5 km swim around Cape Point for Little Fighters Cancer Trust in Africa on 24 April 2014 in 2 hours 46 minutes.
    
  • She completed a 15 km Strait of Messina four-way crossing from Italy to Sicily and back twice on 21 June 2014 which was the longest swim by a woman in the Messina Straits in 4 hours 59 minutes
    
  • She completed a 15 km Strait of Bonifacio cross-border swim from Corsica, France to Sardinia, Italy on 16 June 2014 in 4 hours 28 minutes.
    
  • She completed the 18 km Swim the Island x 4 on 5 October 2014, 4 times the longest race distance at Swim the Island in Spotorno, Italy in 5 hours 8 minutes.
    
  • She completed a 22 km Triple Country Swim in September 2018 as a Swim For Hope from Nice, France to walk up on the shoreline in Monte Carlo, Monaco, and then back into the water until Ventimiglia, Italy.
    
  • In June 2019, she competed in the 15 km Gran Fondo Cinque Terre in La Spezia, Liguria along the coast of the Cinque Terre Marine Protected Area.
    
  • She was the first person to complete a 21 km charity swim across Walker Bay from Hermanus Old Harbour to Stanford Cove in De Kelders in South Africa in 2021 in 6 hours 36 minutes, piloted by Bjorn von During.

Media

Her talents has resulted in extensive media coverage, including lifestyle features on Gillette World Sport (international), Pasella (SABC2), The Power Within (SABC4), Kwela (Kyknet); as well as prime time news inserts on SABC1, 2 and 4 and ETV. In print media she has made the front page of most local newspapers, and has been featured in glossies including Sarie, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Sports Illustrated and Shape Magazine, amongst many others, while she was featured as one of Glamour mag's 12 "Women We Loved" and a “Cosmo Awesome Woman".

Musician

An acclaimed and multi-award winning flautist, Bruwer-Pugliese holds the degree BMus(Hons) cum laude. She is a versatile soloist known for seamlessly fusing classical and contemporary styles (jazz, Latin and ethnic) in her performances. She currently performs exclusively as part of South Africa's instrumental supergroup Sterling EQ.

Five Seasons Entertainment

Bruwer-Pugliese directs Five Seasons Entertainment, specialising in the areas of artist management, entertainment PR, and entertainment event production. Five Seasons is recognised as one of the largest and most reputable entertainment agencies of its sort in South Africa.

Sterling EQ

Boasting four successful releases, over 600 live performances since 2008, and thousands of followers worldwide, Sterling EQ is one of the most successful instrumental bands South Africa has ever produced. The group has performed in 10 countries, shared stages with local and international icons, and has enjoyed extensive international recognition as well as local awards and nominations. The live DVD, which was awarded a South African Music Award in 2011, was also produced by Carina.

2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination

Bruwer was nominated for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.

"Carina Bruwer has already made a name for herself in two distinct fields: open water swimming and music. While she continues to be celebrated in both areas for unprecedented cold, rough water swims and her unique, award-winning music with her instrumental pop group Sterling EQ, she is rapidly and widely sharing her passion for and with others via charity swims around the world. Bruwer not only attempts and succeeds at solo charity swims from her native waters of South Africa to Italy, but she also organizes and recruits others to help raise awareness and funds for children with cancer through group swims and open water swimming competitions. For her caring and sharing for those in difficult situations, for her inspirational swims and sounds, for her multi-talented passion that speaks volumes in any language or venue, Carina Bruwer is a worthy nominee for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.''

2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees

1. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil), FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup Champion
2. Bhakti Sharma (India), Marathon Swimmer & Educational Reformist
4. Carina Bruwer (South Africa), Freestyling Flautist
4. Chloë McCardel (Australia), Marathon Swimmer & Coach
5. Colleen Mallon (Ireland), Channel Swimmer & Volunteer
6. Elaine Howley (USA), Communicator, Organizer, Swimmer
6. Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand), Oceans Seven Swimmer
8. Nataliya Fatyanova, M.D. (Russia), Ice Swimming Researcher & Physician
9. Pilar Geijo (Argentina), FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Co-Champion
10. Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands), 2-time European Champion
11. Sylvia Rybárová (Czech Republic), FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Co-Champion
12. Susan Simmons (Canada), Marathon Swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis

2021 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination

She was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Women of the Year Award. The winners and nominees of this category in the 2021 WOWSA Awards include:

Winner: Kate Steels (Great Britain)
First Runner-up: Elaine Burrows Dillane (Ireland)
Second Runner-up: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
4. Mayra Santos (Brazil)
5. Merle Liivand (Estonia)
6. Shu Pu (Hong Kong)
7. Sarah Thomas (USA)
8. Amy Ennion (Great Britain)
9. Lexie Kelly (USA)
10. Maria Cotignolo (Uruguay)
11. Chloë McCardel (Australia)
12. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
13. Abigail Fairman (USA)
14. Kerry Kopke (South Africa)
15. Carina Bruwer (South Africa)

Swim For Hope

Bruwer organized the Swim For Hope, an 8 km ocean swim from Diaz Beach to Buffels Bay around Cape Point in South Africa. It is a charity swim for the Little Fighters Cancer Trust. She swam with the following 14 open water swimmers from Cape Town and Johannesburg:

• 44-year-old Justin Coetzee
• 55-year-old Keith Struthers
• 50-year-old Monika Hayes
• 55-year-old Lindsay de Kock
• 44-year-old Anthony Pearse
• 46-year-old Martin Vleggaar
• 42-year-old Neil Hopkins
• 44-year-old Chris Westcott
• 45-year-old Charl Cilliers
• 40-year-old Clinton Le Sueur
• 24-year-old Rouen Smit
• 46-year-old Colin Gluch
• 61-year-old Richard Child
• Toni Enderli

World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women

Bruwer was named to the list of 2015 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association.

2016 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women

Bruwer was named to the list of 2016 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The women are listed below, alphabetically by last name:

1. Patti Bauernfeind, marathon/channel/relay swimmer from the USA
2. Carina Bruwer, marathon/channel/charity event swimmer from South Africa
4. Charlotte Brynn, marathon/channel/ice swimmer and coach from New Zealand/USA
4. Jessie Campbell, ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
5. Kimberley Chambers, marathon/channel/extreme/cross-border swimmer from New Zealand/USA
6. Devon Clifford, marathon/channel/open water swimmer from the USA
6. Jackie Cobell, channel/extreme/ice swimmer from Great Britain
8. Lorna Cochran, open water swimmer from South Africa
9. Olive Conroy, ice/winter swimmer from Ireland
10. Anna DeLozier, ice/winter swimmer from the USA
11. Beth French, channel swimmer from Great Britain
12. Elizabeth Fry, marathon/channel swimmer and event organizer from USA
14. Pat Gallant-Charette, channel/marathon swimmer from the USA
14. Pilar Geijo, professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
15. Ines Hahn, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Germany
16. Jessi Harewicz, marathon/channel swimmer from Canada
16. Mariel Hawley Dávila, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
18. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, winter/extreme swimmer from Chile
19. Bridgette Hobart, event organizer and marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
20. Elaine Howley, marathon/charity/ice swimmer and writer from the USA
21. Linda Kaiser, channel swimmer, advisor and administrator from the USA
22. Lori King, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
24. Tita Llorens, marathon/channel swimmer from Spain
24. Marcy MacDonald, DPM, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
25. Elina Makïnen, ice/winter swimmer from Finland
26. Angela Maurer, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from Germany
26. Chloë McCardel, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Australia
28. Tiffany McQueen, ocean/marathon swimmer from the USA
29. Sally Minty-Gravett, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Great Britain (Jersey)
40. Jaimie Monahan, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
41. Nuala Moore, marathon/ice swimmer, second, author and lecturer from Ireland
42. Victoria Mori, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
44. Tina Neill, marathon/channel/backstroker/extreme relay swimmer from the USA
44. Anna-Carin Nordin, Oceans Seven/ice swimmer from Sweden
45. Renata Nováková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
46. Magda Okurková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
46. Penny Palfrey, channel/marathon/extreme swimmer from Australia
48. Ranie Pearce, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
49. Cheryl Reinke, marathon swimmer from the USA
40. Charlotte Samuels, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
41. Susan Simmons, marathon swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis from Canada
42. Kate Steels-Fryatt, polar ice miler and ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
44. Sarah Thomas, marathon/extreme swimmer from the USA
44. Nora Toledano Cadena, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
45. Natalie du Toit, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from South Africa
46. Wendy Trehiou, marathon/channel swimmer from Great Britain (Jersey)
46. Wendy Van De Sompele, marathon swimmer and administrator from the USA
48. Samantha Whelpton, winter/ice swimmer from South Africa
49. Sabrina Wiedmer, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from Switzerland
50. Julia Wittig, ice/winter swimmer from Germany

External links

• If You Want A Perfect Day, Swim In A Pool
• The World's Best, Most Beautiful, Most Challenging, Most Exotic Island Swims
• Swimming The Strait of Bonifacio
• Ryan Stramrood, Ned Denison Talk About Swimming False Bay With Great White Sharks On WOWSA Live
• How True: False Bay Is Tough
• Carina Cruises Across Walker Bay
• Carina Bruwer Gives Vertigo Showcase
• 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees
• 2016 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
• The World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
• 14 In, 14 Out In Successful Swim For Hope
• Swim For Hope
• Carina Bruwer website
• False Bay swimming
• You Almost Wish The Swim Was Longer
• The Truth of False Bay
• Great Whites vs. Great Irish, No Falsehood In The Bay
• Sterling EQ website
• Little Fighters
• Swim For Hope
• Carina Bruwer Makes A Point
• Managing Motherhood In The Open Water World
• The Feeling Of Finishing, From Fatigue To Felicity
• One False Move By Ned Denison Across The Bay
• Peter Bales, A Navigating Giant Of South Africa
• Most Difficult Swims In The World - Southern Hemisphere
• Most Difficult Swims In The World - Northern Hemisphere
• Swim For Hope
• Swim For Hope Facebook page
• Swim For Hope at Twitter
• BackaBuddy - Swim For Hope
• Carina Bruwer And 14 Make A Point Around The Cape
• Swim For Hope Around Cape Point Is On
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Expanding The Beautiful Swim Around Charleston
• Marathon Swimmer Kathleen Wilson Survives Life's Storms
• Women versus Men In The Open Water World
• America's Very Difficult Open Water Swims
• 10 Difficult Short Open Water Swims
• Little Fighters Swim For Hope
• Carina Bruwer Swimming For Hope
• What's Going Through Your Head In The Open Water
• Twice As Nice With Four A Charm, Carina Brewer's Swims
• Carina Bruwer, In And Out Of The Water
• From Around The World, They Swim The Island
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Nominees
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
• 2014 WOWSA Awards Nominees
• 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
• Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova, 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year
• Honoring Pilots Around The World
• Las 15 Travesías Más Duras Del Hemisferio Sur
• The Legacy Of Emilio Casanueva
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Carina Bruwer Tuned Up For The Triple Country Swim
• Carina Bruwer Goes Three For Three
• 2019 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
• Freestyling False Bay, South African Swimming Sextet
• South Africans Launch False Bay Swimming Association