SWIMMING PROFILE

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 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 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.

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