Lynton Mortensen Completes Australian Triple Crown
Lynton Mortensen Completes Australian Triple Crown
Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Derwent River, Tasmania, Australia.With his 11 hour 10 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Tasmania, Oceans Seven swimmere Lynton Mortensen notched another achievement in his open water swimming career.
Sea Bull, as he is known, became the first person to complete the Australian Triple Crown.
In addition to his 11 hour 10 minute Derwent River Big Swim, he also completed the 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon from Fremantle to Rottnest in Western Australia (in 2017 in 9 hours 46 minutes finishing 18th) and the 27 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim in New South Wales, finishing 7th in 8 hours 23 minutes.
After this Australian Triple Crown and his earlier Oceans Seven achievements, Mortensen is now training for his next swim: an Ice Mile in the North Pole in May.
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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.
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