Rottnest Channel Swim

[4] Von Dincklages' swim led the Weekend Mail newspaper to hold the first organised race to the island later that year, in March 1956, which was completed by four participants.

[6][7] She swam from Natural Jetty to North Mole and became the first female to complete a crossing, a feat she repeated on 18 February 1970 and again on 4 April 1971 from the mainland to Rottnest.

In 1990, The Rottnest Channel Swim Association (RCSA) was formed with John Whitehead as its first president.

[5] In 1994, Kutraleeswaran from Tamil Nadu, India became the youngest swimmer to ever compete in the race, who completed the swim at the age of 13.

[6][1][9][10][11] In 2007, the race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions caused by cyclonic activity in the north west of Western Australia.

The RCSA was successful in increasing the number of boats in the water on event day which resulted in more swimmers participating.

The line honours winner was Dutchman Lars Bottelier, finishing in 4 hours, 18 minutes and 26 seconds.

The first female solo swimmer across the line was Zoe Whitfield, of NSW in a time of 4:48:09, just ahead of Josie Page in second place at 4:48:42.

Donaldson crossed the line in a time of 4:04:30, more than six minutes in front of second finisher William Rollo.

Winners of the Duo category were Kaiden Richings and Thomas Davis, two 16-year olds from Bunbury, in a time of 4:19:38.

[16] Four high profile swimmers, who have competed in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, Mack Horton, Cody Simpson, Josh Edwards-Smith and Bowen Gough, also broke the team record in a time of 3:33:49.

[17] The 2024 event was abandoned four hours into the race due to dangerous weather conditions that saw several participants rescued and four sent to hospital.