Jaimie Monahan is a three-time Guinness World Record Holder in ice, winter, and ultramarathon swimming. Jaimie is from New York City and has enjoyed open water swimming and set records on all seven continents from Antarctica to the Arctic. She has successfully completed non-stop, solo, ultramarathon endurance swims up to 114 miles (183 km) in distance and more than 45 hours in duration. Jaimie is an inductee of both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame.

Jaimie’s passion is pioneering new swim routes and pursuing personal challenges in some of the world’s most beautiful, extreme, and iconic locations. Jaimie is a prolific cold-water swimmer and the first person in history to complete an ice mile on all Seven Continents and the “Ice Sevens Challenge,” including several of the coldest mile swims ever recorded. She has represented the United States in over 30 countries as a seven-time US national champion in winter swimming and two-time age-group world champion in ice swimming.

She was voted the World Open Water Swimming Association's Woman of the Year for two consecutive years and is currently the reigning Queen of Manhattan with 31 completions of the classic 28.5 mile (46 km) swim around her home island in New York City, including seven loops in seven days and the world’s first Quadruple Manhattan swim.

Awards

· 2021 Guinness World Record, "Most Circumnavigation Swims Around Manhattan Island"

· 2020 World First, Quadruple Manhattan Swim | 183 km / 114 miles in 45 hours, 24 minutes - surpassed the world record of Manhattan solo swims with the first lap

· 2020 World First, 7 Manhattan Swims x 7 Days (28 miles or 46 km each day for 7 days)

· 2019, 2018, 2017 World’s 50 Most Adventurous Women in Open Water

· 2018 Guinness World Record, “Fastest time to complete six 10-km marathon swims on six continents”

· 2018 Inductee, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF), Honor Swimmer

· 2017 Guinness World Record World First, “First person to complete the Ice Sevens Challenge”

· 2017 International Ice Swimming Association, World First “Ice Sevens Challenge”

· 2017 Global Marathon Swimming Awards: “Yudovin Award” Winner for Most Adventurous Swim

· 2017, 2016 World Open Water Swim Association: Woman of the Year

· 2016 Global Marathon Swimming Awards: Winner for Best Overall Year

· 2016 World Open Water Swim Association: Woman of the Year

· 2016 International Winter Swimming Association: World Cup Winner

· 2015 Global Marathon Swimming Awards: Nominee for Best Overall Year

· 2012 Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming

About Jaimie

Awards