Catherine Smith

Catherine Smith is an open water swimmer from Great Britain.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

• She completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 16 hours 32 minutes in 2012.
• She received the Pierre Van Vooren Memorial Trophy for the Swim in the most Arduous Conditions from the Channel Swimming Association.
• She participated in the Swim Tayka English Channel relay team with Jo Whiting, Rob Sisley, Alison North, Lucy Ashdown-Parkes, and Katie McAlister. They completed a 33.5 km crossing on 14 August 2020.

Pierre Van Vooren Memorial Trophy Recipients

2017: Maxence Paindavoine (France) in 14 hours 12 minutes
2016: Howard James (England) in 13 hours 13 minutes
2015: Monica Bender (USA) in 13 hours 41 minutes
2014: Meghan Chisholm (Canada) in 14 hours 39 minutes
2013: Tracy Clark (New Zealand) in 12 hours 46 minutes
2013: Carl Plasschaert (Belgium) in 12 hours 6 minutes
2012: Catherine Smith (Great Britain) in 16 hours 32 minutes
2011: Mark Seal (Great Britain) in 12 hours 48 minutes
2010: Ian Down (Great Britain) in 15 hours 47 minutes
2009: Liane Llewellyn (England) in 27 hours 35 minutes
2008: Mark Ransom (Great Britain) in 12 hours 23 minutes
2007: Anne Marie Ward (Ireland) in 20 hours 4 minutes
2006: Sønnøve Cirotski (Norway) in 14 hours 43 minutes
2005: Jane McCormick (Scotland) in 15 hours 12 minutes
2004: Gilles Rondy (France) in 7 hours 54 minutes
2003: Karteek Alec Clarke (Scotland) in 16 hours 5 minutes
2002: Jacques Tuset (France) in 12 hours 40 minutes
2000: Jackie MacDonald (England) in 21 hours 19 minutes breaststroke

External links

• Swim Tayka
• LUCY ASHDOWN-PARKES IS RAISING MONEY FOR SWIMTAYKA
• Swim in the most Arduous Conditions
• Channel Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Marathon Swimming
• The Belhedi Trophy Recipients
• Channel Swimming Association Gold Medal recipients
• Channel Swimming Association website
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Channel Swimming Association Celebrates Greatness
• Pierre Van Vooren's Legacy: Most Arduous Swims