Lynton Mortensen

Lynton Mortensen is an inductee (Honor Swimmer) in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2024

IMSHOF Honor Swimmer Lynton Mortensen achieving the Oceans Ice Extreme with a Zero Ice Mile in -1.0°C water near the Argentinian Station in Antarctica on 15 November 2024

Lynton Mortensen is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020

Lynton Mortensen achieved the Australian Triple Crown

Lynton Mortensen, nicknamed Sea Bull, was the first Australian and 12th person in the world to complete the Oceans Seven

Lynton Mortensen completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming within 3 months

Lynton Mortensen was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, part of the WOWSA Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association

Lynton Mortensen is a 59-year-old Australian open water swimmer from Brisbane who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in the Class of 2024. He serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor and was the first Australian and 12th person in the world to complete the Oceans Seven channels. He also completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming within 3 months and the Australian Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in March 2020. His nickname is Sea Bull.

1 Open Water Swimming Highlights
2 Ice Miles & Ice Kilometers
3 Top 10 Swimmers with the Fastest Time to Achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
4 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
5 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination
6 Oceans Seven Swimmers
7 Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Honourees
8 External links

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 27 May 2025, he became the first person in history to complete The 007 Challenge at the age of 60.
On 15 November 2024, he achieved the Oceans Ice Extreme when he completed a Zero Ice Mile in -1.0°C water in Argentinian Station in Antarctica.
In November 2024, he participated in the Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure, an ice swimming expedition led by Ram Barkai in Antarctica.
In February 2024, he completed an Ice Kilometer in 1°C water on the Antarctica Peninsula at the 2024 IISA Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure at the age of 59.
Having A Whale Of A Time In Antarctica
He achieved the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in May 2022.
He achieved the Australian Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with the following three marathon swims:
- 25 km Port to Pub on 25 March 2017 in 9 hours 46 minutes 19 seconds
- 24 km Palm-Shelley on 13 April 2019, the inaugural 26 km Palm Beach to Shelly Beach Swim in Sydney, in 8 hours 23 minutes at the age of 54.
- 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Tasmania, Australia to become the first person to complete the Australian Triple Crown on 7 March 2020.
In 2015, he completed the 10 km Balmoral Ocean Swim in Australia in 3 hours 5 minutes 10 seconds.
On 27 February 2016, he completed the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 7 hours 13 minutes 47 seconds at the age of 51.
On 15 September 2016, he completed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 12 minutes at the age of 52.
On 25 February 2017, he completed the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 8 hours 28 minutes 41 seconds at the age of 52.
On 30 April 2017 he completed the 10.0 km Burleigh Heads to Surfers Paradise Swim on the Gold Coast Queensland in 2 hours 44 minutes at the age of 52.
On 21 May 2017, he completed the 10 km South Head Roughwater Swim from Bondi Beach to Watsons Bay, Sydney in 3 hours 38 minutes at the age of 52.
On 24 June 2017, he completed the Dorney Lake Eton Bray Open Water Race in England in 3 hours 13 minutes at the age of 52.
On 30 June 2017, he completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 12 hours 35 minutes.
On 17 July 2017, he completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 13 hours 49 minutes 17 seconds at the age of 53.
On 19 August 2017, he finished third in the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim around New York City in 7 hours 18 minutes 40 seconds at the age of 53.
On 27 September 2017, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 13 hours 59 minutes 47 seconds at the age of 53.
On 13 October 2017, he attempted to cross the Bristol Channel in the UK in an attempt to completed the Original Triple Crown, but he was pulled for safety reasons as the winds picked up.
He was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
He was nominated for the Barra Award for Most Prolific Overall Year by the Marathon Swimmers Federation in 2017.
On 24 February 2018, he finished 175th in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 6 hours 19 minutes 29 seconds at the age of 53.
On 12 May 2018, he completed the 28.2 km length of the southern Gold Coast from Snapper Rocks to Main Beach Southport in 10 hours 16 minutes at the age of 53.
On 26 May 2018, he finished 23rd in the 7.5 km Battle of Carlingford Lough in Ireland in 2 hours 6 minutes 52 seconds at the age of 53.
On 30 June 2018, he completed a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai to Oahu in 14 hours 49 minutes at the age of 54.
On 14 August 2018, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 9 hours 34 minutes 15 seconds at the age of 54 under the escort of Captain Ito.
On 22 September 2018, he completed a 15 km crossing of La Bocaina Strait from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands off northwest coast of Africa in 4 hours 36 minutes. He attempted a two-way crossing, but his escort captain aborted the attempt after 9 hours due to deteriorating conditions on the second leg.
On 14 November 2018, he completed a 29.5 km crossing of the Cook Strait from North Island to South Island in 14 hours 14 minutes to become the first Australian to complete the Oceans Seven.
- He completed the fastest completion of the 7 channels of the Oceans Seven in just over 2 years.
On 23 February 2019, he completed the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in 7 hours 33 minutes at the age of 54.
On 9 March 2019, he completed the 10 km Mentone Open Water Marathon Swim in Melbourne, Australia in 3 hours 34 minutes at the age of 54.
On 19 April 2019, he completed the 32 km Kaulakahi Channel from Kauai to Niihau in Hawaii in 13 hours 59 minutes at the age of 54.
On 24 April 2019, he completed the 17 km Auau Channel from Maui to Lanai in Hawaii in 5 hours 16 minutes at the age of 54.
On 18 May 2019 he completed a 66 km counterclockwise circumnavigation swim of Jersey Island in 11 hours 28 minutes at the age of 54.
On 26 May 2019, he completed the 7.5 km Battle of Carlingford Lough in 3 hours 2 minutes at the age of 54.
On 28 July 2019, he completed the 8 km Picnic Bay Magnetic Island to Strand Beach Townsville Swim in 3 hours 29 minutes at the age of 55.
He was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
He became the first person to complete the Australian Triple Crown with the following 3 swims:
- 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon in 9 hours 46 minutes 19.1 seconds, finishing 18th in 2017.
- 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim in 8 hours 23 minutes 12 seconds, finishing 7th in 2019.
- 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in 11 hours 10 minutes in 2020, doing the swim as a solo swimmer.
He competed in the Swim Around Keppel event, a 20 km circumnavigation swim around Great Keppel Island in Queensland, Australia held on 15 August 2020, finishing in 6 hours 45 minutes.
On 14 February 2021, he became the first person to swim 30 km around Lord Howe Island in Australia in 12 hours 29 minutes at the age of 56.
On 5 May 2022, he completed an Extreme Ice Mile in 33 minutes 56 seconds at the Svalbard Ice Swimming Adventures, held in Svalbard, Norway within the Arctic Circle in -0.77°C water and -10.0°C air temperatures at the age of 58.

Ice Miles & Ice Kilometers

On 5 May 2022 at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, he completed an Ice Mile in -0.77°C water and -15.90°C air in 33:56.
On 10 August 2024 at Lake Crackenback, New South Wales, Australia, he completed an Ice Mile in 4.77°C water and 4.20°C air in 39:36 at 1110m altitude.
On 15 November 2024 at Alminarte Brown Antarctic Base, Port Lockroy, Antarctica, he completed an Ice Mile in -1.00°C water and -2.70°C air in 31:41.
On 8 January 2025 at El Derado Beach, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, he completed an Ice Mile in 3.97°C water and -1.00°C air in 41:56 in a glacial lake at 1897m altitude.
On 1 February 2025 at Lake Grundlsee, Austria, he completed an Ice Mile in 4.03°C water and -2.40°C air in 35:29 in a glacial lake at 732m altitude.
On 10 February 2025 at v, he completed an Ice Mile in 4.73°C water and 0.20°C air in 39:13 at 2112m altitude.
On 18 February 2025 at Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, he completed an Ice Mile in 4.27°C water and -1.10°C air in 40:18 at 830m altitude.
On 24 February 2024 in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, he completed an Ice Kilometer in 17:22.00 in 1.00°C water and 2.60°C air.
On 12 November 2024 in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, he completed an Ice Kilometer in 25:53.10 in -1.40°C water and -5.60°C air.
On 18 January 2025 at the IISA 6th World Championship in Molveno, Italy, he completed an Ice Kilometer in 20:03.51 in 1.94°C water and 1.00°C air.

Top 10 Swimmers with the Fastest Time to Achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming

As of October 2021:
1. Joel Matos Ortiz (Puerto Rico) 27 days
2. Patrick McKnight (USA) 34 days
3. Rendy Lynn Opdycke (USA) 35 days
4. Victoria Cox (Australia) 64 days
5. David Barra (USA) 81 days
6. Miguel Guillermo Campero Garcia (Mexico) 82 days
7. Dina Levačić (Czech Republic) 84 days
7. Elizabeth Almond (USA) 84 days
9. Lynton Mortensen (Australia) 89 days
10. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico) 92 days (br/>

2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees

Mortensen was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association:

1. Evgenij Pop Acev (Macedonia)
2. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
3. John Batchelder (USA)
4. Guillermo Bertola (Argentina)
5. Avram Iancu (Romania)
6. Stéphane Lecat (France)
7. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer (USA)
8. Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
9. Simone Ruffini (Italy)
10. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria)
11. Sayed Ihsan Taheri (Afghanistan)
12. Ferry Weertman (Netherlands)
13. Philip Yorke (Great Britain)

2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination

Lynton Mortensen is a man for all seasons. He completed 4 Oceans Seven channel swims over the last calendar year and achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming within 3 months. The 53-year-old Australian completed crossings of the Strait of Gibraltar, Rottnest Channel (twice), English Channel, North Channel, 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim, Catalina Channel and made an attempt of the Bristol Channel as part of Original Triple Crown in England. His English and North Channel crossings were 17 days apart; the fastest back-to-back turnaround for the two swims. On each of the swims he escorted the Roll of Honour (Afghanistan) Carrying 41, laying 41 poppies at the start and end of each swim as a tribute to those individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice and to bring create dialogue and support in addressing veteran suicide and PTSD of returned soldiers. For doing all these swims with an exuberance that brought smiles to people around the world, while raising money for his charity, the Children’s Hospital Foundation, to help ill children in need and their families, for being an everyday hero in completing these swims, Lynton Mortensen is a worthy nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year.

Oceans Seven Swimmers

1st: Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
2nd: Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden)
3rd: Michelle Macy (USA)
4th: Darren Miller (USA)
5th: Adam Walker (UK)
6th: Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand)
7th: Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
8th: Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia/Ireland)
9th: Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
10th: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
11th: Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
12th: Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
13th: Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
14th: Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
15th: Mariel Hawley Davila (Mexico)
16th: André Wiersig (Germany)
17th: Elizabeth Fry (USA)
18th: Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
19th: Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
20th: Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)]
21st: Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
22nd: Prabhat Koli (India)
23rd: Dina Levačić (Croatia)
24th: Herman van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
25th: Andy Donaldson (Scotland)
26th: Stephen Junk (Australia)
27th: Kieron Palframan (South Africa)

Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Honourees

He is a member of the inaugural class of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honourees who were inducted on August 2020.

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