Jaimie Monahan completed 18 circumnavigation swims around Manhattan Island in 2020, including history’s first Quadruple Manhattan Swim, a 184 km solo swim around Manhattan 4 times in 45 hours 24 minutes.

About

Jaimie Monahan continues to push herself into the extreme. In 2020, she modified her usual globetrotting schedule and swam 18 circumnavigation swims of Manhattan Island, including the first Quadruple Manhattan Swim, a 184 km solo swim in 45 hours 24 minutes.

Why it was nominated

For completing 29 circumnavigation swims around Manhattan Island over her career that has no sign of slowing and for her Mannahatta Project, and for becoming the Queen of Manhattan despite a year of limited opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Country

United States

Swimmer

Jaimie Monahan