Susie Maroney
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Susan Jean Maroney OAM (born 15 November 1974) is an Australian former marathon swimmer.[1]
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Full name | Susan Jean Maroney |
Born | (1974-11-15) 15 November 1974 (age 49) Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) (2009) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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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.