Susie Maroney

Susie Maroney
Personal information
Full name	Susan Jean Maroney
Born	15 November 1974 (age 49); Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) (2009)
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Susan Jean Maroney OAM (born 15 November 1974) is an Australian former marathon swimmer.^[1]

In 1997, aged 22, Maroney was the first woman and second person to swim the 180 km (110 mi) Florida Straits from Cuba to the United States with a shark cage. In 1998 she swam a record 197 km (122 mi) from Mexico to Cuba, covering the longest distance at the time swum without flippers in open sea.

^ Peter Matthews (1 October 1994). The Guinness Book of Records, 1995. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-85112-736-1. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[guin-1] Peter Matthews (1 October 1994). The Guinness Book of Records, 1995. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-85112-736-1. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

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