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Samantha Simon

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Samantha Simon is a 24-year-old American open water swimmer from Janesville, Wisconsin who is a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and the Grand Slam of Open Water Swimming.

Open Water Swimming Career[edit]

Simon began swimming competitively in High School at the age of 14. She started doing marathon swims in 2008 at the age of 18.
On 19 April 2008, she finished 4th in the 37 km Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida in 8 hours 59 minutes 12 seconds at the age of 18.
On 19 July 2008, she finished 13th in the 25 km championships in Morse Reservoir in Indiana in 6 hours 46 minutes 49 seconds at the age of 18.
On 17 August 2009, she completed a 33.8 km English Channel from England to France in 13 hours 11 minutes at the age of 19.
On 12 June 2010, she finished 6th in the 45.8 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York in 8 hours 10 minutes 54 seconds at the age of 20.
On 2 August 2010, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland in 9 hours 22 minutes 54 seconds at the age of 20 to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and Grand Slam of Open Water Swimming.
In September 2011, she completed a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai to Oahu in Hawaii in 13 hours 41 minutes for her third Oceans Seven channel.
On 9 August 2012, she completed a 33.8 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 13 hours 56 minutes at the age of 22.
On 19 April 2014, she won the 37 km Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida in 12 hours 18 minutes at the age of 24.
On 24 June 2017, she finished 18th in the 20.1 km Swim Around Key West in Florida in 5 hours 1 minute 3 seconds at the age of 27.
On 12 August 2017, she finished 9th in the Minnetonka Challenge in Minnesota in 4 hours 50 minutes 18 seconds at the age of 27.
On 1 October 2017, she finished 16th in the 19.3 km Swim Around Charleston in South Carolina in 5 hours 22 minutes 14 seconds at the age of 27.
She was the winner of The Frank Richards Endurance Award in 2012.

Oceans Seven[edit]

Simon has completed 3 of the 7 channels of the Oceans Seven to date on the global Oceans Seven list.

External links[edit]

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