Chloe Harris

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Chloe Harris after her Foveaux Strait crossing in New Zealand with her crew members

Chloe Harris is an open water swimmer from Christchurch, New Zealand and a member of the North Beach Surf Club who was honored for the New Zealand Triple Crown of Swimming (Foveaux Strait from Stewart Island to the Bluff + Cook Strait + 40.2 km Lake Taupo) at the 2018 New Zealand Ultra-Marathon Swim Awards.

Open Water Swimming Career

She won the 17.5 km race at the Epic Swim Festival in Lake Taupo in January 2016.
On 1 February 2016, she became the fastest person to swim across the 28.6 km Foveaux Strait in New Zealand between Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand's third largest island, and South Island, piloted by Peter Leask finishing in 8 hours 30 minutes.
On 22 December 2017, she completed a 40.2 km crossing of Lake Taupo from Little Waihi to Taupo Yacht Club in 13 hours 49 minutes.
On 24 March 2017, she completed a 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait from North Island to South Island in New Zealand in 7 hours 17 minutes 24 seconds.

Foveaux Strait Swimming

Successful swimmers include:

1. John van Leeuwen, 7 February 1963 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 13 hours 36 minutes)
2. Meda McKenzie, 20 March 1979 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 14 hours 0 minutes)
3. Belinda Shields, 24 March 1984 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 9 hours 53 minutes)
4. Michael Quinlivan, 13 February 1985 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 9 hours 41 minutes)
5. Sandra Blewett, 11 February 1988 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 12 hours 50 minutes)
6. Todd Utteridge, 15 February 1989 (Bluff to Stewart Island in 8 hours 40 minutes)
7. Wayne Evans, 11 February 2013 (Stewart Island to Bluff in 9 hours 20 minutes with a wetsuit)
8. Chloe Harris, 1 February 2016 (Stewart Island to Bluff in 8 hours 30 minutes and 5 seconds)

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