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Robert McGlashan
Robert McGlashan (born 24 September 1980) is a Canadian open water swimmer and attorney in Toronto specializing in Employment, Environmental and Estate Litigation. He also served on the Board of Directors of Story Book Farms Primate Sanctuary, The Canadian Defence Lawyers, The Ontario Bar Association, and Masters Swimming Ontario.
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2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination
McGlashan was nominated for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award with the following nomination:
Robert McGlashan is an inspirational stalwart in the Great Lakes Open Water Adventures community that he co-founded in Lake Ontario, Canada. In addition to his mentoring and administration of the growing community of ice swimmers, winter swimmers, open water swimmers, channel swimmers and marathon swimmers in Canada and throughout the Great Lakes region, McGlashan achieved an impressive number of swims around the world in 2019. He swam from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, 3.9 km across the Strait of Magellan in Chile, 7.5 km in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 9 hours 53 minutes, 50 km in Lake Geneva from Switzerland to France in 25 hours, and established the Cold Crusade where he swam 1.5 km in 1.8°C water in 20 minutes and 1 km in 3°C water in 15.35 minutes 8 days apart in Lake Ontario. For working to promote, mentor and support the growing open water swimming community year-round in the Great Lakes region, for working towards more challenging goals around the globe and documenting his journey, and for establishing a new ice swimming charity event for Shelter Movers in Canada, Robert McGlashan is a worthy nominee for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- On 15 March 2019, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay, California.
- On 1 April 2019, he completed a 3.9 km swim across the Strait of Magellan in Chile in 1 hour 6 minutes in 5-6°C water.
- On 11 May 2019, he completed the 7 km Nadando Cerca del Cielo swim in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia in 2 hours 26 minutes in 12°C water 3,810 meters above sea level, organized by Patagonia Swim.
- On July 2019, he completed a 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 9 hours 53 minutes.
- On 5 August 2019, he swam 50 km across Lake Geneva from Switzerland to France in 25+ hours in the LGSA Signature swim.
- On 16-23 November 2019, he completed the Cold Crusade, a series of Ice Kilometer swims: 1.5 km on 16 November in 1.8°C water in 20 minutes and 1 km on 23 November in 3°C water in 15 minutes 35 seconds in Lake Ontario, Canada.
- On 8 December 2018, he swam 1.35 km in 29 minutes 44 seconds in 1°C water and -4°C air temperature at GLOW Beach in Lake Ontario, Canada.
- In 2018, he help co-found Great Lakes Open Water (GLOW) with Madhu Nagaraja.
- On 3 September 2018, he swam 16 km across the Bonifacio Channel from Rena Bianca (Santa Teresa di Gallura) in Sardinia to Punta Sperone in Corsica, Italy in 5 hours 24 minutes.
- In 2020, he will attempt crossings of the English Channel Beagle Channel and Cape Horn as well as the 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim in New York.
- In 2020 he will swim a second Cold Crusade, a challenge to swim as many Ice Kilometer swims and Ice Miles in as short a recovery period as possible to raise money for the Shelter Movers that helps women escape abusive relationships.
- He serves as the Vice President - Legal of GLOW or Great Lakes Open Water adventures in Lake Ontario, Canada.
GLOW Executive Team
- Greg Maitinsky, Secretary
- Janice Barker, President
- Mauro Campenelli, Vice President - Logistics
- Robert McGlashan, Vice President - Legal
- Qing Li, Vice President - Operations
- Loren King, Director
- Madhu Nagaraja, Director
Bonifacio Channel Crossing
McGlashan crossed the Strait of Bonifacio in 5 hours 24 minutes
External links
- Swim Drink Fish Produces Profile On Robert McGlashan
- 2019 WOWSA Award Winners Announced
- Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
- GLOW Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- GLOWing With Robert McGlashan
- Swimmers Have A Certain GLOW
- Great Lakes Open Water Adventures, Problem Solver Extraordinaire
- Robert McGlashan, WWS swimmer on the Straits of Magellan
- Oakville's McGlashan second Canadian swimmer to conquer Straight of Magellan
- Toronto man becomes 1st Canadian to swim across world's highest navigable lake
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
