Open water swimming world record holder.
Eva Buzo joined Wanda Surf Life Saving Club as a nipper growing up in Sans Souci, and was coached there by Greg Rogers and Kevin Nielson. She now holds multiple records in open water marathon swimming.
Achievements
Derwent River Big Swim
8 hours 1 minute 21 seconds
34 km
24 March 2022
Derwent River Big Swim
8 hours 32 minutes 21 seconds
34 km
25 March 2022
Lake Geneva
25 hours 19 minutes 16 seconds
58 km
14 July 2022
La Perouse to Watson’s Bay
TBA
24 km
ANZAC Day 2024
The Strait of Otranto
34 hours 52 minutes
92 km
17-19 August 2024
English Channel
10 hours 49 minutes
33.5 km
6 June 2024
Cliff to Bridge
3 hours 29 minutes 18 seconds (2nd Place)
14.9 km
3 February 2024
Columbia Peace Swim
TBA
40 km
June 2025
Eva’s full marathon swimming record is documented on Openwaterpedia.
Derwent River Big Swim
Cliff to Bridge
La Perouse to Watson’s Bay
Lake Geneva
English Channel
The Strait of Otranto
Columbia Peace Swim
The Strait of Otranto, August 2024
In August 2024, Eva became the first woman to complete a solo crossing of the Strait of Otranto, the 92-kilometre passage between Santa Maria di Leuca on Italy’s southern tip and the Albanian coast. The crossing took approximately 34 hours.
The Strait of Otranto is one of the most demanding open water passages in Europe, exposed to Adriatic and Ionian weather systems, active shipping lanes, and significant tidal and current variation. Eva completed the swim in compliance with marathon swimming rules, unassisted and solo. She began her preparation in the ocean off the Shire.
English Channel, June 2024
Eva swam the storied English Channel on 6 June 2024: the first person to undertake the swim on D-Day, across the same stretch of water that Allied Troops crossed to take Normandy and change the trajectory of World War 2. It was the first crossing of the 2024 season and Eva was awarded the 2024 Special Recognition Award for the Channel from the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Committee acknowledging the difficulty of undertaking the Channel so early in the season under such difficult conditions. Eva’s Channel Crossing was blessed however by a seal, Trudy, who joined her for part of the swim causing her swim to receive international media attention.
Colombia peace swim, June 2025
Eva completed a 40 kilometre swim in Colombia, supported from Juanchaco to Buenaventura to celebrate the resilience of the community and bring attention to the tireless efforts of civil society fighting to end violence in the conflict-affected community.
Lake Geneva, June 2022
Eva swam 58 kilometres across Lake Geneva from Chillion to Hermance in 25 hours and 19 minutes, profiled in the NSW Barristers Journal.
La Perouse to Watson’s Bay, April 2023
Eva swam 24 kilometres from La Perouse to Watson’s Bay, the first person to swim the entirely of the coast of Sydney’s eastern suburbs on ANZAC Day 2024.
Wanda Surf Life Saving Club
Eva joined Wanda Surf Life Saving Club as a nipper growing up in Sans Souci and was coached by Greg Rogers and Kevin Nielson. Wanda is one of the oldest surf life saving clubs in Australia. It is where the technical foundation of her open water career was built, and where she returns to train when she is home.
