Fiona Southwell
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Fiona Southwell coaching in the English Channel
The 2018 Audrey Scott Award was given to Fiona Southwell
Fiona Southwell (born 14 July 1958) is a British escort boat pilot, an open water swimmer, an open water swimming coach, and a member of the Half Century Club.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She serves as an administrator and is on the board of directors of the Channel Swimming Association.
- She serves as an open water swimming coach with SwimTrek.
- On 18 August 2009, she crossed the English Channel from England to France at the age of 51 in 19 hours 22 minutes to join the Half Century Club under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association.
- She was awarded the Rosemary George Trophy for the most meritorious swimmer of 2019 because of the 12 boats on the English Channel on 18 August, she was the only swimmer to finish a crossing.
- She is a Patron of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
- She piloted a 9-day 101-mile stage swim down the River Thames in Great Britain.
- She has escort piloted 2 swims down the River Thames in Great Britain.
- She escort piloted an open water swim in the Dubai Canal.
- She has completed and escort piloted open water swims in the Hellespont.
- She has completed and escort piloted open water swims from Greece to Turkey.
- She navigated an open water swim from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.
- She has completed and escort piloted open water swims from Marettimo to Favignana.
- She has completed and escort piloted open water swims along the Seven Sisters in England.
- She has completed and escort piloted open water swims along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England.
- She has coached open water swim long distance training camps in both Malta and Mallorca.
- She has escort piloted over 900 swimmers over a 15-year period to train and qualify for the English Channel or other international open water swims.
- She has served as an observer for many 6-hour qualifying swims for channel crossings.
- She helped organize the SwimÖresund marathon swim from Denmark to Sweden.
- She completed a 10.5-mile swim from Dalkey Island to the Irish mainland in October 2009 in 8 hours. "I was crawling through kelp on my hands and knees in the middle of the Irish Sea and then playing with the seal pups."
- She completed three Brownsea Island swims in July 2001, August 2002, and July 2004.
- She completed three Burgh Island swims in July 2001, August 2002, and July 2004.
- She completed a 26-mile Great Keppel Island crossing in 15 hours in Australia in December 1979
- She completed 12-mile sections of the Boyne River in Australia in 1979, 1981, and 1982, swimming approximately 6 hours each time.
- She completed two 12.5-mile swims from Worthing to Brighton in July 2004 in 8 hours 48 minutes and in August 2007 in 8 hours 12 minutes.
- She completed a 9-mile swim in Lake Annecy in France in August 2001 in 6 hours 40 minutes.
- She completed a 14-mile fun swim across Lake Lugano in Italy over 3 days in August 2001.
Honors
- On 8 November 2018, she received the Audrey Scott Award by the Channel Swimming Association.
- She won the 2009 Rosemary George Award for the Most Meritorious Swim, given by the Channel Swimming Association.
- She received the 2018 Greatest Contribution Award to the CSA from the Channel Swimming Association.
- She won the 2009 Bright FM Sporting Excellence Award.
- She was selected as the 2016 English Channel Coach of the Year.
- She received the 2023 Greatest Contribution Award from SwimÖresund.
External links
- Fiona Southwell, Moving Seamlessly Into Different Roles On The Open Water
- Jacqueline McClelland Takes The Helm Across The North Channel
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Patrons
- Dennis Holm Set Swim Spa World Record
- Jessi Harewicz Completes Georgia Strait Marathon Swim
- Jessi Harewicz Crosses The Strait Of Georgia
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
