Tammy van Wisse (born 23 July 1968 in

Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...

) is a long-distance swimmer from

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. 1990 she won the

Lake Zurich Swim The Lake Zurich Marathon Swim belongs to the world's longest swimming marathon races. It is held annually in August and is organized by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. The participants swim from Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andr ...

. As a marathon swimmer she swam the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

in 2001, a distance of 2,438 kilometres and the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

in 1993 in a time of 8h 35mins and again in 1994 in a time of 8h 33mins. In July 2006, van Wisse broke an 81-year-old record (held by Gertrude Jacobs Ederle) for the 35-mile swim from New York City to Sandy Hook, and retired from competitive swimming the same year to start a family, 20 years after her first marathon swim. She now works as an environmentalist and a motivational speaker.

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External links

Tammy van Wisse - Official Website
1968 births Living people Australian female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers American motivational speakers Women motivational speakers Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Australian people of Dutch descent Swimmers from Melbourne {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub