Courtesy of Christopher Guesdon, Tasmania, Australia.
The Australian Triple Crown is a three-part solo marathon swim series that includes three solo, non-assisted completions of the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon from Fremantle to Rottnest Island in Western Australia, the 34 km The Big Swim – Derwent River Marathon in Tasmania, and the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim in New South Wales.
Since Christopher Guesdon and Sue Guesdon re-launched the Triple Crown on February 4th 2020, already five swimmers have been crowned:
- Lynton Mortensen, nickname Sea Bull [shown above]
- Brenda Norman
- Emma Radford
- Richard Jones
- Anna Strachan
Lynton Mortensen
- on 7 March 2020 with an 11 hour 10 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim.
- in March 2017 with a 9 hours 46 minute completion of the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon.
- in April 2019 with an 8 hour 23 minute completion of the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim.
Brenda Norman
- on 20 March 2021 with an 8 hour 21 minute completion of the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon.
- in February 2021 with an 11 hour 17 minute completion of the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim.
- in January 2021 with a 7 hour 4 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim.
Emma Radford
- on 20 March 2021 with a 9 hour 5 minute completion of the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon.
- in February 2021 with a 6 hour 28 minute completion of the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim.
- in January 2020 with a 7 hour 46 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim.
Richard Jones
- on 20 March 2021 with a 10 hour 27 minute completion of the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon.
- in February 2021 with a 11 hour 17 minute completion of the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim.
- in January 2021 with a 10 hour 8 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim.
Anna Strachan
- in January 2021 with a 8 hour 10 minute completion of the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon.
- in February 2021 with a 9 hour 27 minute completion of the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim.
- in January 2021 with a 7 hour 31 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim.
By swim, the Triple Crowners are as follows:
Port To Pub
- March 2017 – Lynton Mortensen 9 hours 46 minutes
- March 2021 – Brenda Norman 8 hours 21 minutes
- March 2021 – Emma Radford 9 hours 5 minutes
- March 2021 – Richard Jones 10 hours 27 minutes
- March 2019 – Anna Strachan 8 hours 10 minutes
Palm to Shelley
- April 2019 – Lynton Mortensen 8 hours 23 minutes
- February 2021 – Brenda Norman 11 hours 17 minutes
- January 2021 – Emma Radford 6 hours 28 minutes
- February 2021 – Richard Jones 11 hours 17 minutes
- February 2021 – Anna Strachan 9 hours 27 minutes
Derwent River Big Swim
- March 2020 – Lynton Mortensen 11 hours 10 minutes
- January 2021 – Brenda Norman 7 hours 4 minutes
- January 2020 – Emma Radford 7 hours 46 minutes
- January 2021 – Richard Jones 10 hours 8 minutes
- January 2021 – Anna Strachan 7 hours 31 minutes
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