Dee Newell (40, Ireland, IISA bio here, @dee_from_the_sea) has accomplished myriad swims from Ireland to Antarctica.
In addition to serving as an International Ice Swimming Association official and completed an English Channel crossing in 14 hours 54 minutes, she also crossed the Hellespont, participated in the six-person 94 km Irish Sea Swim from Wales to Ireland in 38 hours 52 minutes, and completed an Ice Kilometer in 22 minutes 23 seconds in Deception Island in Antarctica in 1.60°C water as part of the Antarctica 2020 event.
Newell joined a number of athletes, physicians, writers and personalities who have spoken about open water swimming at TED Talks around the world when she spoke about her open water experiences at the TEDxGalway in November 2023.
- Lewis Pugh
- Diana Nyad
- Maarten van der Weijden
- Ori Sela
- Vicki Keith
- Dr. Peter Attia
- Tim Ferriss
- Angel Yanagihara, PhD
- Maria Conceicao
- Dr. Tim Noakes
- Wallace J. Nichols, PhD
- Guillaume Néry
- Dana Vollmer
- Craig Dietz
- Kimberley Chambers
- Catherine Sheridan
- Patrick Fellows
- Doug McConnell
- Amos Nachoum
- Marcia Cleveland
- Dina Levačić
- Trinity Arsenault
- Lucas Carbonaro
- Antonio Argüelles
- Srikaanth Viswanathan
- Jaimie Monahan
- Gaurvi Singhvi
- Bhakti Sharma
- Bogusław Ogrodnik
- Lynne Cox
- Karen Gaffney
- Shams Alam
- Abhejali Bernardová
- Doug Woodring
- Avram Iancu
- Julie Gautier
- Ryan Stramrood
- Achmat Hassiem
- Sarah Mardini
- Simon Harmer
- Rebecca Michaels
- Spyros Chrisikopoulos
- Sucheta Burman
- Simon Kerslake
- Tiffany Monique Quash, PhD
- Dylan Qualls
- Dee Newell
- Bengisu Avci
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