Cynthia Aguilar

Cynthia Aguilar Valdéz is a 42-year-old ocean paddler and open water swimmer from Juarez, Mexico.

Open Water Highlights

She prone paddled across the Straits of Florida in 2011 that took over 29 hours.
She completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 13 hours 0 minutes at the age of 40 on 4 August 2022.
She completed the In Search of Memphre across Lake Memphremagog in 12 hours 18 minutes on 15 July 2024 under the guidance of escort pilots and crew Phil White, Margaret Rivard, and Marcela Varela Loaeza at the age of 42.
In 2023, she completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 2 hours 43 minutes in a tandem swim with Carlos Franco Canton and Patricia Guerra Menendez in 2023 in 2 hours 43 minutes at the age of 41.