Daniel Hanlon

Bernard Stone and Daniel Hanlon completed a 3 hour 51 minute crossing of the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco in 2010

Daniel Hanlon is a 48-year-old open water swimmer and water polo player from Perth in Western Australia.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

In 2010, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco on 14 June 2010 in 3 hours 51 minutes at the age of 51 together with Danny Hanlon in a tandem swim.
On 22 July 2018, he set a Guinness World Record while participating in the fastest wetsuit one-way relay crossing of the Dál Riata Channel in the North Channel from Mull of Kintyre, Scotland to Cushendun, Northern Ireland in 6 hours 31 minutes together with Bernard Stone of the UK, James Brent of the UK, Will Collings-Wells of the UK, and Daniel Hanlon of Australia. The crossing was ratified by the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association.
On 18 September 2021, he completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from Samphire Hoe, Dover, England to Wissant, France in 14 hours 31 minutes escorted and observed by Stuart Gleeson and Sean Marsh of the Channel Swimming Association with support crew member Bernard Stone and Deborah Vine, coached by Ray Gibbs, and assisted by Dover Channel Trainers Emma France, Mandi Bodemeaid, and Paul James.
In 2016, Danny Hanlon and Bernard Stone did not finish a 23 km two-man relay crossing of the Cook Strait in New Zealand.
On 22 August 2022, he set a Guinness World Record while participating in the fastest 37 km relay swim crossing of Loch Ness with Jonathan Exall of the UK, James Bell of the UK, and Matthew Chadwick of the UK in 10 hours 32 minutes 4 seconds. The crossing was ratified by the British Long Distance Swimming Association.