Dr. Vicki Keith Munro, CM, O.Ont, LLD, ChPC (born 26 February 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba)[1] is a Canadian retired marathon swimmer, coach and advocate for disabled athletes.

Her accomplishments include the first crossing of all five Great Lakes,[2] a 100-hour swim and the world record distance of 80.2 kilometers swum using the butterfly stroke.

[5][6][1] In only a sixty-one day period from 2 July to 30 August 1988, Keith was the first person to swim all of the five great lakes and managed to raise $548,000 for Variety Club while doing it.

She then swam through the rest of the Sunday and the whole of the Monday, then finally arrived at Goderich, Ontario at 5:55 a.m. on Tuesday 19 July.

Upon reaching her destination, she was greeted by a cheering crowd of 400 people and finished the swim off with half a mile of her "trademark" butterfly stroke, from the breakwall to the beach.

She swam 44.2 kilometers from the Niagara River mouth to the end of Leslie Street Spit (now known as Vicki Keith point).

[5][6] On 10 July 1989, Vicki Keith became the first person to swim the 33 kilometers across the English Channel using the butterfly stroke, in 24 hours and 44 minutes.

[10] Her record time only was beaten 13 years later by Dr Julie Bradshaw MBE who crossed the channel in 14 hours and 18 minutes.

[4] On 10 August 1989, Keith swam 29.4 kilometers of butterfly to cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca, from Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia in 14 hours and 1 minute.

The swim was 49 kilometers long from the Niagara River mouth to the West waterfront of Toronto, and was completed in 31 hours.

[5][4] Upon completion of the swim, she said "My arms are a little bit sore and there's some cramping in the muscles underneath my shoulders, but I'll live through it".

[5] On 5 August 2005 at 44 years old,[5] Vicki Keith came out of swimming retirement due to wanting to raise money for the Kingston YMCA to provide more opportunities to children with disabilities.

[1] However, she was unable to complete this swim due to high winds causing over three-meter tall waves that halted her progression to only one kilometer per hour.

[1][5] During the swim, Keith battled through strong winds, high waves, currents, cold temperatures and hallucinations.

[3] She has been selected to be on the coaching staff of 3 World Para Swimming Championships and once at the Parapan American Games.

[18][19] In addition to her volunteer coaching throughout the years, Keith has been heavily involved in raising money for charity and committing her time to helping people.

In 1988, as a fundraiser for her 61-day period crossings of the great lakes, she raised $548,000 for the Variety Village Sunshine Pool.

Two plaques commemorate her 75 kilometer crossing of Lake Huron, which are located at Harbor Beach, Michigan and Goderich, Ontario.

Ever since Leslie Street Spit was constructed as a landfill, Vicki Keith commonly used the end of the Leslie Street Spit as a starting and finishing point when swimming across Lake Ontario rather than the traditional finishing point of Marilyn Bell Park.

[25] The first plaque erected to commemorate Keith's Lake Huron swim was placed on November 29, 1989, adjacent to the South side of the boardwalk overlooking where Keith finished her Lake Huron swim, at 270 Harbor Street, Goderich, Ontario.

[3] On 30 April 1992, Keith was awarded the Order of Canada for her achievements in marathon swimming, awareness and fund raising efforts for charity, and motivational speeches.