Stefan Reinke

Stefan Reinke and Ryan Leong after finishing a 19 hour 32 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel in Hawaii

Stefan Reinke at the Hawai'i Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2021 induction ceremonies

Stefan Reinke is a 63-year-old American open water swimmer and attorney and law professor from Honolulu, Hawaii.

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On 26-29 April 2023, he will compete in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona at the age of 40.
On 15 October 2022, he was inducted in the Hawai'i Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2021 in the channel swimming category.
He competed in the 7 km Possibly Annual Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2013.
He completed a Maui Channel crossing.
He serves as the president Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee.
He served as the former president of the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation between 2011-2013.
He served as the former chairman of the Outrigger Canoe Club swim committee (2009-2014) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He participated in the 2015 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge is a 4-day stage swim in Arizona in the Saguaro Lake, Canyon Lake, Apache Lake, and Roosevelt Lake, one of the longest marathon swimming events in the world. He finished 4th overall on Day One at the 4-day stage swim, S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, in Arizona in Saguaro Lake, a 9.5-mile (15.2 km) course at 1529-feet (466m) elevation, in 3:26:06.9. He finished 5th on Day Two at the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Canyon Lake.
- He finished 4th overall in the 2015 SCAR Swim Series (SCAR Swim Challenge) in a cumulative time of 17 hours 14 minutes 37.3 seconds on 9 May 2015.
He participated in the 2016 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge.
On 4 September 2017, he completed a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in 19 hours 32 minutes at the age of 59 in a tandem swim with Ryan Leong. It was their second attempt in a week; the first attempt was called due to the presence of a tiger shark.
Reinke won the men's 1-mile race at the inaugural Maui Jim South Shore Classic at Queen's Surf Beach on Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii on 16 May 2015.
On 21 June 2014, he completed the 58 km (36-mile) END-WET in 8 hours 46 minutes down the Red River between North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota in the United States.
On 6 May 2015, he completed a 13.3 km crossing of Saguaro Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 19 minutes 48 seconds.
On 7 May 2015, he completed the 14.1 km crossing of Canyon Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 20 minutes 17 seconds.
On 8 May 2015, he completed the 22.8 km crossing of Apache Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 7 hours 37 minutes 28 seconds.
On 9 May 2015, he completed the 9 km crossing of Roosevelt Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 2 hours 57 minutes 3 seconds.
On 27 April 2016, he completed the 13.3 km crossing of Saguaro Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 27 minutes 55 seconds.
On 28 April 2016, he completed the 14.1 km crossing of Canyon Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 52 minutes 59 seconds.
On 30 April 2016, he completed the 9 km crossing of Roosevelt Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 4 minutes 13 seconds.
On 26 April 2017, he completed the 13.3 km crossing of Saguaro Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 26 minutes 16 seconds.
On 27 April 2017, he completed the 14.1 km crossing of Canyon Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 32 minutes 16 seconds.
On 29 April 2017, he completed the 9 km crossing of Roosevelt Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 2 hours 51 minutes 51 seconds.
He completed the 2017 ʻAu I Nā Mokupuni ʻEkolu Swim Challenge crossing the 13.5 km Pailolo Channel, 14.9 km Kalohi Channel, and 14.1 km Auau Channel in 3 days.
Between 25-28 April 2018, he completed all four stage swims of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona (9.5-mile or 15.2 km Saguaro Lake + 9-mile or 14.4 km Canyon Lake + 17-mile or 27.3 km Apache Lake + 6.2-mile or 10 km Roosevelt Lake), finishing 2nd overall at the age of 49 in a cumulative time of 15 hours 37 minutes 47.3 seconds to set a new men's record. He won the Saguaro Lake crossing on 25 April 2018 in 3 hours 22 minutes 36.4 seconds.
In August 2018, he finished 8th in the Mountain Swim Series Cliff Backyard Ultra Swim by completing 11 loops of a 1.5 km course (16.5 km cumulative total) at 2,425 meters in altitude in Wellington Lake in Bailey, Colorado amid the Rocky Mountains.
He completed a 16 km crossing of the Maui Channel from the island of Lanai to the island of Maui in Hawaii on 18 May 2019 in 5 hours 22 minutes in a 6-man tandem swim with Bill Goding, Ryan Leong, Hudson Slay, Quinn Riordan and Marcus Guttman.
He swam the three channels between Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii on three successive days on 12-15 September 2019 in the Au I Na Mokupuni Ekolu Endurance Challenge Invitational:
- Day One across the 14.9 km Kalohi Channel between Lanai and Molokai in 6 hours 4 minutes 40 seconds
- Day Two across the 13.5 km Pailolo Channel between Maui and Molokai in 5 hours 50 minutes 10 seconds
- Day Three across the 14.1 km Auau Channel between Lanai and Maui in 7 hours 47 minutes
He serves as the race director for the annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He finished 5th in the 10 km North Shore Challenge marathon swim on Oahu on 7 September 2019 at the age of 61.
On 8 August 2020, Stefan Reinke, Bill Goding, Lectie Altman, Marcus Guttmann, and Ryan Leong Guttmann finished a 27.3 km tandem crossing of the Kaulakahi Channel from Barking Sands Beach on Kauai to Ni'ihau in 11 hours 38 minutes.
On 26-29 April 2022, he competed in the SCAR Swim, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona, finishing 6th in 19 hours 11 minutes 39.8 seconds at the age of 63.
On 26-29 April 2023, he will compete in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona at the age of 64.
He completed crossings of the Kalohi Channel (3 times), Maui Channel (5 times), Molokai Channel, Pailolo Channel (2 times), and Kaulakahi Channel in Hawaii during his career.

Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame Induction

Stefan M. Reinke graduated from Leilehua High, Class of ’76, where he won the outstanding swimmer award in 1976. He then attended Bakersfield College where he lettered in swimming, 1977-78 and set the school record in the 400 IM. He later attended USC then earned his law degree at UC-Davis. He has completed 18 Waikiki Roughwater Swims, 8 Double Roughwater Swims, and won his age group 6 times in the North Shore Swim Series. He has made 15 channel crossings in Hawaii since 2014 and was named Male Swimmer of the Year by Waikiki Swim Club in 2014. He is current president of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim committee, past president of Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation, and has served as race director for numerous ocean races throughout Oahu. He is a practicing attorney in Hawaii and a lecturer at the Richardson School of Law.

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