Kevin Grey
Kevin Grey is a South African open water swimmer who competed in the first annual 2.5 km Shell Festival Sea Swim, a 2.5 km swim through Boneyards at Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Province of South Africa.
Kevin is also a renowned South African Iron Man who has completed a Kona Ironman triathlon in sub 10 hours and a crossing from Robben Island in South Africa.
He has completed the 8 km Nelson Bay Bell Buoy Challenge, as well as the 5 km Shipwreck swim in Cape Town in 11 degree water on 2 December 2012. he also completed the 4 km Jeffreys Bay Swim Challenge, a swim that takes place along the surf breaks in Jefreys Bay. He also won the 7.5 km JBay Swim Classic in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
2012 Shell Festival Sea Swim results
1. PJ Duffey and Siegfried Lokotsch: 38:05
3. Buff van Westenbrugge: 41:30
4. Caro de Jager: 41:35
5. Kevin Grey: 41:45
6. Rebecca Newman: 46:21
7. Richden Jute: 46:25
8. Ralph West: 51:35
9. Kendal Wright: 55:35
10. Isabeau Joubert: 1:01:35
11. Brenton Williams (butterfly) 1:01:40
12. Rebecca Baard: 1:01:55
Cape Recife Swim
Grey completed an 11 km rounding of Cape Recife, the southeastern tip of the African continent on 28 February 2015 in 3 hours 23 minutes together with PJ Duffy (3 hours 17 minutes), Rudi Schoeman (3 hours 18 minutes), Iain Geddes (3 hours 21 minutes), Brenton Williams (3 hours 33 minutes), Richden Jute (3 hours 34 minutes), and Ralph West (3 hours 34 minutes). The swim was escort paddled by Terry Olivier and sanctioned by the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association.
External links
- Swimming With Buff In Boneyards, Shell Festival Sea Swim
- Big Waves For Shell Festival Sea Swim
- Skins Turn Grey At The JBay Cold Water Swim Classic
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- JBay Cold Water Swim Classic Returns
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Rebecca Newman Wins JBay Cold Water Classic
- Intrepid Seven Cross Cape, Round Recife
