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