CARINA THE SWIMMER

Since taking up competitive Open Water Swimming in January 2003, Carina has made her mark on the record books. She holds the female record for the fastest Gibraltar Straits crossing, the overall record for the fastest swim around Robben Island, and the female record for the Cape Point swim. To date, she is the only swimmer to have rounded both the southern-most and the northern-most tips of Africa, and the only person to successfully swim around Danger Point. Her most important achievements to date include:

False Bay, South Africa - FIRST SA WOMAN; THIRD SWIMMER EVER
Date: 26 February 2006
Distance: 36km; Time: 10h58

Straits of Gibraltar crossing - FEMALE WORLD RECORD
Date: 15 June 2005
Distance: 16km; Time: 3h35

Female winner and 3rd place overall in the 2006 Key West Marathon
Date: June 2006
Distance: 20km; Time: 4h39

Female winner and 4th place overall in the 2005 International Swimming Crossing of the Toroneos Gulf, Greece
Date: 23 July 2005
Distance: 26km; Time: 7h58

English Channel Crossing, England to France - FASTEST SA WOMAN
Date: 1 August 2005
Distance: 36km; Time: 12h03

Around Robben Island Swim - OVERALL RECORD
Date: 27 April 2005
Distance: 11km; Time: 3h07

First person to round the Northern-most point of Africa - Bizerte, Tunisia
Date: 15 Octobert 2004
Distance: 16km; Time: 3h50

First person to round DANGER POINT - Gansbaai
Date: 11 August 2004
Distance: 11km; Time: 3h16

First female and first South African to swim around Cape Agulhas
Date: 27 April 2004
Distance: 11km; Time: 2h16
Broke the record of Englishman Lewis Pugh set in 1994 by 2 hours

First South African to swim around Cape Point
Date: 27 March 2004
Distance: 8,5km; Time: 2h20
Broke the record of legendary American swimmer Lynne Cox, set in the eighties, by 40 minutes

25km South African Open Water Swimming Championships held at Midmar, February 2005
- second female, fouth place overall

10km South African Open Water Swimming Championships held at Midmar, February 2004
- first place overall

10km Western Province Open Water Swimming Championships, Mykonos, December 2003
- First female, third overall

Vista Nova Big Swim (Annual Robben Island - Bloubergstrand race)
- Second female 2003, 2004 and 2005

False Bay 12km Iron Man Swimming Challenge (Simonstown to Muizenberg)
- First female 2003; second female 2004

Robben Island to Bloubergstrand 7,5km
- 5 crossings to date; Best time: 2h03 ( 24 April 2004 )

In April 2004 Carina became the first recipient of the Supersport Champions Award.