Lauren Tischendorf became the first woman – with Lynton Mortensen as the first man – to complete a 32.2 km circumnavigation swim around Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea in Australia. Her 13 hour 50 minute circumnavigation swim served as the background for her award-winning documentary film I Just Went For A Swim.

I Just Went For A Swim was honored at the 2021 Toronto International Women Film Festival, 2022 Lady Wild Film Fest, 2021 Niagara Falls International Short Festival, 2021 Women’s Adventure Film Tour, 2021 LA Independent Women Film Awards, and 2021 Venezia Shorts Italy.

The 18-minute film, directed and produced by Australian filmmaker Adam Dostalek and written by Tischendorf, is a heart-warming, thought-provoking film that helps encourage young girls and women to be bold and to work together and encourage them to step beyond their personal and societal boundaries. At 37 and a mere average swimmer who has felt unworthy for year, Tischendorf decided that she wanted to achieve something extraordinary, so she decided on an adventure of a lifetime: she swam around Lord Howe Island off Tasmania.

The film will be featured this Saturday, April 9th at the 19th International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco.

To purchase tickets to the International Ocean Film Festival, visit here.

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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference.  He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984).  Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.

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