Biography

As a child, I dreamt of being an Olympic swimmer as I trained and competed regularly from a young age. Team sport (lacrosse) took over at secondary school before I returned to the pool at Durham University with the water polo team. I discovered open water swimming when I signed up for a triathlon in 2015 and got accustomed to wearing a wetsuit. This had to change when I was invited into an English Channel relay team in 2018 where acclimatising to the cold without a wetsuit was key. I was a cold water novice then but the pandemic lockdown caused me to discover local outdoor rivers, tarns and waterfalls and since June 2020 I’ve been a year round swimmer. Professionally, I have taught and coached children, and personally I swim with a River Thames open water swimming club. I love to discover bodies of water wherever I travel, both close to home and around the globe. Swimming outdoors is a big part of my lifestyle now, enjoying winter waterfall dips and summer long distance point to point adventures!