Nuala Moore Explained

Full Name:	Nuala Moore
Birth Date:	28 November 1986
Birth Place:	County Donegal, Ireland

Nuala Moore is an Irish swimmer known for open water swimming and ice swimming.

In 2006, she was one of six swimmers to swim around the coast of Ireland in a relay,^{[1] [2]} the first-ever swim of over 1300 km around the coast.^[3] Then in 2008 she did a double relay crossing of the English Channel.^[4]

She was the 2011 awardee of the Margaret Smith Award of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, given for increasing the profile of open water swimming.^[5] She won several medals in the first-ever World Ice Swimming Championship (2013, Murmansk, Russia).^{[6] [7] [8]}

In 2013, Moore swam the Bering Strait in a relay^{[9] [10] [11]} from Russia to the US. She was one of only four women, in March 2013 to "[complete] a 1000 metre swim at 0 degrees in Murmansk north of the arctic circle [sic]".^[12] After her Bering Strait swim, she was nominated for World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year in 2013^[13] and chosen as one of the "People of the Year" by Irish adventure magazine Outsider.^[14]

In 2015, she competed in the first Ice Swimming World Championships in Russia.^[15] Also in 2015 she won an age group record for swimming 1000 metres in below-5 degree Celsius water.^{[16] [17]}

She was featured in a Science Gallery exhibit in 2014 on fat.^{[18] [19]}

Notes and References

1. https://node1.sciencegallery.net/blog/2014/12/‘christmasswimanyone’sciencebehindcold 'Christmas Swim Anyone?' The Science Behind the Cold
2. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/swim-team-reaches-end-of-journey-1.1042544 Swim team reaches end of journey
3. http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/just-hard-going-right-from-the-off-1.1027487 Just hard going right from the off
4. http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/nuala-moore-becoming-an-ice-queen-1.1588551 Nuala Moore: Becoming an ice queen
5. http://www.openwaterswimming.com/2012/11/22/irish-whos-who-honours-its-best-and-toughest/ Irish Who’s Who Honours Its Best And Toughest
6. http://www.outsider.ie/Features/May-2015/Meet-Ireland’s-ice-milers-–-the-toughest-swimmers Meet Ireland’s ice milers – the toughest swimmers on the planet
7. http://www.radiokerry.ie/news/kerry-woman-is-one-of-four-in-the-world-to-compete-in-arctic-swim/ Kerry woman is one of four in the world to compete in Arctic swim
8. News: 'Ice Lady' wins gold in arctic swim . 28 March 2013 . Marian . O'Flaherty . The Kerryman . 7 June 2021 .
9. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/irish-swimmers-complete-bering-strait-relay-1.1492821 Irish swimmers complete Bering Strait relay
10. http://swimswam.com/think-morning-workouts-cold-try-swimming-bering-straight-irelands-moore-reports/ Think morning workouts are cold? Try Swimming the Bering Strait. Ireland's Moore reports
11. http://sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/get-voting-for-nuala-moore-padraig-mallon-and-the-bering-strait-swim-2013-12-30/ Get voting for Nuala Moore, Padraig Mallon and the Bering Strait Swim
12. http://www.radiokerry.ie/news/dingle-woman-part-of-relay-team-swimming-from-russia-to-america/ Dingle woman part of relay team swimming from Russia to America
13. http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/11/nuala-moore-doing-things-big-and-small.html Nuala Moore, Doing Things Big And Small
14. Web site: Outsider People of the Year 2013 . outsider.ie.
15. http://irishswimmer.com/ice-swimmersworldchampionships/ Ice swimmers head to Russia
16. http://clwf.eu/results/2015-events/868-2/ Camlough Lake Water Festival results from 2015
17. http://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/sport/ice-swimmer-sets-new-world-record-31000488.html Ice swimmer sets new world record
18. https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/fat Fat: It's Delicious, May - June 2014, Dublin Science Gallery
19. https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2014/05/tuesdaynightbitessheridanscheesemongersandnualamoore Tuesday Night Bites: Sheridan's Cheesemongers and Nuala Moore (Event notice from 2014-06-03)